Have You Seen Me?
I wrote this last year. The search for Diana Quer continued far into the year, until the judge provisionally closed the case this past April. This week, the man who had killed her was arrested for attempted kidnapping of another woman in nearby Boiro. After his wife rescinded the alibi she had given him when they had interrogated him last year, he confessed, and took the police to the place where he had hidden Diana's body. It was in an abandoned factory, about three kilometers away from here, behind our parish churchyard. Her parents can now mourn her, after their slim hope of finding her alive has been crushed forever. But there are more victims here than the 18 year old Diana and her family. The family of the murderer is also a victim, especially his daughter. We know them, and we know him. It still seems incredible that this could have happened within our circles, but it has. His family also needs to be supported and helped. It is a tragedy for them as great as for Diana...