he killed 2 girls with poisoned raspberries to get revenge on his lover

The person accused of the crime of the two minors is the businesswoman Zulma Guzmancurrently detained in the United Kingdom. The Prosecutor’s Office is now investigating whether the woman is linked to others similar episodes of poisoningworking with the hypothesis that they were deliberate poisonings.

“What the team of investigators has discovered is that the episode in which Mrs. Zulma Guzmán is allegedly involved was not it would be an isolated one“, Camargo stated in statements to the press. There are indications that point to “a possible repetition of the same criminal pattern”, in the words of the prosecutor.

Last December, a guarantee control court in Bogotá issued an arrest warrant against Guzmán for the events that occurred on April 3 and 4, 2025. The minors Inés de Bedout14 years old, and Emilia Forero13, ate raspberries contaminated with thallium in the former’s home, located north of the Colombian capital.

One of the girls died the same day and the other died on April 9. A third girl, a school friend of the other two, and a 21-year-old young man, brother of Inés, survivedalthough they continue to be treated for the serious damage caused by the substance.

The four would have consumed the raspberries that had arrived at the Bedout house the day before. under the pretext of an institutional gift. It was determined that the thallium had not accidentally gotten into the food.

As published by Daily Mailthe businesswoman would have killed the minors as revenge against the father of Inés and Martín, the economist John of Bedout. Both had an extramarital relationship for six years.

The trigger for the breakup would have been the death of Bedout’s wife, Alicia Graham Sardion August 17, 2021. The same outlet reported that she had also shown signs of intoxication. He suffered hair loss and leg pain before dying at the age of 50.

The Prosecutor’s Office investigation has established that the poisoning was not accidental. Forensic tests identified thallium, a highly toxic, colorless and tasteless metal. Tracking the shipment allowed investigators to locate the delivery man, and it was determined that I had received a call that day from a number linked to Guzmán.

Regarding the new lines of investigation, the prosecutor indicated that they have found “certain evidence” of at least one other case occurred approximately a year ago that involves “a relative of Guzmán.” In this case the same poisoning method would have been used.

As he explained, the technical and criminalistics analyzes have identified similarities in the characteristics of the events, which “suggests that we may be facing an episode of serial murder,” he added.

Guzmán has been detained in the United Kingdom since last January and is awaiting extradition to Colombia. Camargo explains that his confinement in the Bogotá prison of El Buen Pastor has been proposed, while the conditions required by the United Kingdom to authorize the surrender are evaluated.