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Judge Accepts Brother as Plaintiff in Diego Fernández Lima Coghlan Cold Case

The ruling gives the family formal standing to participate directly in a cautious, ongoing probe.

Diego Fernández Lima.
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Diego Fernández Lima fue asesinado en 1984 y su cuerpo apareció en una casa en Coghlan.

Overview

  • Judge Alberto Litvack of Criminal and Correctional Court No. 56 granted Javier Fernández Lima querellante status in the case.
  • The designation allows the Fernández Lima family to act as particulares damnificados with access and input in the proceedings.
  • Family attorney Hugo Wortman Jofre said the court is proceeding with prudence and called it premature to advance firm hypotheses.
  • The investigation was revived after workers uncovered 151 bone fragments and personal items on May 20 at a chalet in Coghlan.
  • DNA testing matched the remains to 16-year-old Diego Fernández Lima, who was last seen on July 26, 1984 at Naón and Monroe.