Trial for the crime of Nora Dalmasso: says brother

Juan, the brother of Nora Dalmasso, who was murdered more than 15 years ago in his home in the province of Córdoba, arrived this morning in the courts of Rio Cuarto to to testify on the fifth day of the trial of his former brother-in-law, Marcelo Macarrón, accused of being the alleged instigator of his wife's femicide.

“I think a bad path was taken from the outset,” Dalmasso said in his speech to prosecutor Julio Rivero, in which he indicated that, in his opinion, “Justice, together with the Police, started the process in the wrong way,” according to the Puntal site. He added, referring to the night of the crime: “I heard a coroner say that the prosecutor came quickly because it was suicide.”

Asked by Prosecutor Rivero about the flaws in the investigation and the people who were not investigated, Dalmasso pointed at lawyer Daniel Lacasse, who was a friend of Marcelo Macarrón. “He was the first opportunist for Nora's death,” he said.

Juan Dalmasso and his mother Delia “Nené” Dalmasso were the only complainants who had the file during the investigation of the case, although they eventually withdrew from continuing that representation because they disagreed with the accusation of the widower, as stated by the victim's son, Facundo.

At the investigation stage, the victim's brother had provided as evidence a notebook by Nora in which he kept notes related to his private life.

Juan Dalmasso's testimony is considered key since he worked with Nora and it is believed that he knew her mood in the last days of her life. According to the record, the man had stated that Nora and Marcelo “argued a lot”, but that it was “a good marriage” and they had “an excellent relationship, at least in the sight of third parties”.

Meanwhile, the trial continues, with more than 300 witnesses proposed. The Court of the Criminal and Correctional Chamber of the 1st Nomination of Rio Cuarto called for Tuesday four other witnesses who will testify before the popular jury that was formed for the trial against Macarrón.

As has been the case since last Thursday, this fifth hearing will continue the reception of testimonies and documentary evidence associated with the chronology of events following the discovery of Dalmasso's body, about the people who were there, as well as determining whether the protocols for preservation were complied with of tests.

After Juan Dalmasso, Jorge Grassi, the victim's cousin, and his wife Nana Malenka Gavazza are expected to be declared, followed by their friend Silvia Magallanes - who was then Lacasse's partner - and Adrián Radaelli, who lived next to the married couple's home.

Her father Pablo Radaelli was the one who received the phone call from Delia 'Nené' Grassi, Nora's mother, asking her to come to her daughter's house because she didn't answer phone calls.

For health reasons, Pablo will not testify at the jury trial, so it will be his son Adrián who will relate the details of the actions carried out by his father, who was the first to see Nora's lifeless body. Adrián had already testified last Wednesday but will extend his testimony at the request of prosecutor Julio Rivero.

The jury trial for the crime of Dalmasso began on Monday, March 14, and has as its only accused the widower Macarrón, who could be convicted of the crime of homicide qualified by the link, by alevosia and by price or remuneratory promise in ideal competition, which provides for life imprisonment.

Last week, his son Facundo pointed to a businessman who was close to his family as the main accused of his mother's crime and considered that this man is who “should be in the dock today” and not his father.

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