One year after disappearing following a community council meeting in Guayana, José López Scott remains missing as his family pushes for answers from investigators.
November 14 marks exactly one year since López Scott was last seen after participating in a junta meeting in the Los Mangos urban development where he lived, Diario Primicia reported.
His relatives and friends have continued their search to discover what happened to him.
The investigation remains open and has been handled since May by the Delegación de Homicidios of the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas Guayana, according to updates provided by his daughter, Ornella López Villarroel.
Investigation Shifts to Homicide Division
López Villarroel, who resides in the exterior, spoke with Diario Primicia about the case and the family's efforts.
“No son muchos los detalles que puedo dar sobre el proceso, pero, al estar en manos de Homicidios, es claro que a mi papá le pasó algo,” she told Diario Primicia.
The family has retained a new lawyer to help guide them through the legal actions needed to push the investigation forward.
The circumstances surrounding the disappearance continue to puzzle relatives who reject claims made by some neighbors.
“Es mentira que mi papá andaba perdido y que deambulaba por las calles. Él no estaba desconectado de la realidad,” López Villarroel told Diario Primicia, denying that her father suffered from Alzheimer’s.
She also recalled that unfamiliar individuals entered the family home without authorization while the investigation was active.
Family Demands Answers
Relatives and friends are urging security forces to maintain the search until his whereabouts are determined.
“Estamos rogando a Dios que la investigación llegue a mi papá, que lo encuentren. Si algo le hicieron, si ya no está en este mundo, merece sepultura. No es justo lo que ha pasado. Para nosotros, como familia, es abrumador imaginarnos qué ocurrió, quién le hizo daño. Quien le haya hecho algo tiene que decirnos dónde está y pagar por lo que le hizo a mi papá. Él no se perdió porque la mente le falló; está desaparecido por otras circunstancias,” López Villarroel told Diario Primicia.
