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Okay, come on, girls.
Places. One, two, three, and…

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BASED ON A TRUE STORY

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Alfonso…

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Go to Italy
and say that pasta isn't Italian.

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-On the menu it says…
-Don't you remember our trip to Sofía?

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-Uh, you're so annoying, Alfonso!
-I'm just saying.

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-It says "Greek recipe."
-Well, I mean…

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Good night.

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-It's not bedtime.
-What you mean?

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Take a shower, you're not
going to bed all sweaty like that.

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Hey!

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-Can't I shower in the morning?
-Hurry.

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-Before I forget. Come here.
-Asunta…

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We didn't take a photo all night.

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Charo, Charo. Let's use
your phone, mine's ancient.

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-We need a picture to remember tonight.
-But I look horrible now.

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Your big night.
So we remember…

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-how great you were.
-I'm so tired.

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-Just one minute…
-I got it.

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Sweetie…

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don't say you look horrible,
you look beautiful.

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-Look up here.
-Look.

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Hey.

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-Adorable. Asunta, please stop!
-Asunta, sit up, okay.

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Just one. Just one, come on!

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-What's with this face? Please.
-She's being a clown.

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-Don't get fresh.
-She's gonna be a brat.

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You ask for one photo
and look how she starts behaving.

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Asunta, please.

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Let me go to bed.

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-Are you that tired? Seriously?
-I feel exhausted.

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Can I go now?

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-One more minute, Asunta.
-One more.

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THE ASUNTA CASE

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Well, before we start,
I'd like to go on the record as saying,

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that we think it's very
important to acknowledge

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that, to our knowledge, several interviews
have taken place with you, Your Honor,

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that we weren't privy to.

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This includes the one
with the here present Laura Prieto

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and her mother, Ms. Iglesias.

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We followed standard procedures.

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We believe that "standard procedures"
adhere to the Criminal Procedure act,

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if I'm not mistaken.

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And the interviews that have happened
in your office aren't part of what is, um,

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uh, considered, um, how should I say it…

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It was not appropriate
pre-trial diligence in this case.

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Well, if you weren't informed sooner,

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it's only because there was no reason
for the lawyers to be there.

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Why meet these people
in the first place, counselor?

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Well, frankly, I don't see any reason for
the investigating judge to do so either.

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If there was some record
of said interview,

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a written record
of what transpired in your office,

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-or a recording of the interview…
-But you're here now,

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or will you argue that as well?

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Of course I am. This will all be done
with transparency and on the record,

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but this morning I discovered
this witness's secret meeting,

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and my clients' right to a defense
has been violated.

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The real problem, Your Honor,

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isn't just that this has happened
numerous times in this case,

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but that we only heard about them
by chance, through the press!

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-Once again, through the press!
-Wait.

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Hold on, I have to say that at this point,
it's, honestly, beyond unacceptable.

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Ms. Garrido, may I ask
if that's an accusation?

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No. Nobody said that.

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-If you think that about yourself…
-I just misinterpreted your words.

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Well, then, I have to ask,
please stop misinterpreting what I say.

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The only thing I've said is that I've
always respected Your Honor's decisions.

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And if I had to oppose them,
I did so legally and appropriately.

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I never went to the press.

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Any official comment I've made
was done so during these proceedings.

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My thoughts on the case
have stayed within these walls,

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and everything I've said here
is on the record.

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I see, I see, I see, Ma'am, I see.

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Anything else?

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No, Your Honor.

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May we start?

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We may.

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Good afternoon, Laura. Apologies.

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Um…

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I suppose, after what you just heard,
you already know why you're here, right?

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Hm? Okay.

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The girl says she came from here.

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A sporting goods store
on General Pardiñas Street.

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Her testimony puts
Alfonso and Asunta at this crosswalk.

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Why would they be there?

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Maybe walking to the park,
but she went this way.

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She has to be on one of these cameras.

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If they went over here, the only camera
we have is at Sabadell Bank.

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Pull it up!

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That's Rosario heading
to the garage before picking up the girl.

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Fast forward.

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-If it was here, they didn't catch 'em.
-Stop there.

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-Why?
-C'mon! Do I have to pay you to watch it?

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Play it.

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Stop. Stop there. Back it up.

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This was 6:24 p.m.

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Rios. What the hell?

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-What?
-You didn't even call.

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-Call?
-Yeah.

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This morning was crazy.

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My head's going to explode,
so you better have good news, all right.

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-Pfff…
-And it's your fault you're late.

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That's her.

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That's Laura Prieto.

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The witness who claims she saw Alfonso
and the girl walking on September 21st.

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As you see, she's with her boyfriend
and holding the bag from the sports shop.

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Which only adds to the credibility
of her testimony and her mother's.

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She saw Four eyes and Asunta
on the day she died.

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-Yes.
-Yeah.

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It was that day.

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But we compared the timestamps
of the recordings to the other cameras

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and we might have a problem. Look.

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This camera is a 30-second
walking distance from the crosswalk

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where Laura Prieto saw
Alfonso Basterra with Asunta.

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-The time is 6:24 p.m.
-Mhm.

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-And this camera.
-6:21 p.m.

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La Galuresa, where Rosario
passed by with the girl.

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Just three minutes earlier.

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Your Honor, it's a
five-minute drive between these points.

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If the defense wants to use this camera…

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They could say
there's no way Laura could've seen

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Alfonso and Asunta walking together.

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-And then we'd have a problem.
-No!

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I believe we'd have
a timeframe open to interpretation.

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What happened
between X and Y. Right?

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This recording is part
of the investigation.

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If they find it,

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and they think they can
make use of it, that's their right.

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If they find it.

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Hm?

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Luis, if I can't prove

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that Alfonso was
involved as well, I'm screwed.

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The whole case could fall apart.

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How could Rosario do this on her own?

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There's no way
she could've lifted the body

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from the upstairs bedroom to the car.

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Don't miss the forest
through the trees, Pedro.

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Those cameras are only one part
of what we have on him, they won't matter.

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Remember that she stayed at his place
when she had those dizzy spells in class.

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You heard that girl.

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A jury will take her word,
don't you worry.

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Okay. You might be sure.

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But it's me who's arguing
all of this at trial.

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Tell me who you'd trust?
That young girl, or, or Alfonso Basterra?

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Huh?

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Luis…

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Remember, not everyone knows
what we know about him.

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Pop.

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Why aren't you asleep?

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The Arteixo leaves at 2:00 a.m.
And the captain waits for no one.

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Right, right.

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The Arteixo is leaving at 2:00 a.m.
And the captain waits for no one, son.

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You have no idea.

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Yeah, I know it's a bit late.
Apologies. Check your email, please.

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-You better wise up, son!
-Hey, pop. Pop, please. I'm--

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You never listen to me,
one day you'll learn.

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Mr. lone wolf.

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I thought you needed help
with your book about the case?

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He waits for no one.

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Let's meet for coffee tomorrow morning.

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It's like I don't exist…

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It's true. Same old crap.

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-Hurry. The Arteixo leaves at 2:00.
-Dad.

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-Dad…
-And the captain waits for no one, son.

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Yes, yes. Don't worry.
We won't miss the ship.

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Get up. Time for bed.

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-You'll see. Huh? He waits for no one.
-No one. You're right.

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Hmph.

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Getting up early must be hard
for you artists, huh?

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Apologies. We didn't wrap
things up until late last night.

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I had to bite my tongue on air.

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That was your choice.

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Where did those photos come from?

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Her parents had them on their phones.

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Guess what forensics said about them?

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"That poor girl is completely sedated."

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Why would parents
want to drug their child?

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When we initially did a sweep
through Alfonso's room,

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the place was a mess
and some shorts were next to his bed.

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You should see
my house some nights.

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Mhm. Using the black light from forensics,

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some stains appeared.

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The world is a lonely place.
Those shorts belong to him, right?

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What about the girl's leggings
draped across his bedside table,

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were they his as well?

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Not to mention the fluorescent dots
that were splattered on the bedroom walls.

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You're aware that if I write this,
he'll be crucified.

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To be honest in your writing, Paula,
you need to know about the investigation.

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You need to hear it
from those who were there.

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Some photos of Asunta
have been found.

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In one of them,
she's wearing her ballet clothes.

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With tights, a top,
wearing make-up, like an adult.

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Some people say her poses
are a bit sexy or erotic.

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Not appropriate for her age.

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You are watching the original report.

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This program decided…

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They're saying we're guilty
before they've even set the trial date.

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Did you hear what they say
about the photographs?

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They're trying
to draw a wedge between you.

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To turn you against each other.

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Those photos are just mere speculation.

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There's not a judge alive
that would be swayed by them,

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much less admit those as evidence.

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A judge won't,
but what about a jury of my peers?

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Don't worry, we're going
to prove your innocence at trial, Rosario.

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We'll refute everything
they present against you. Hm?

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It's so unfair, Juanjo.

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It's unfair, I need to get out of here.

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-And soon.
-We're asking for release on probation,

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and we're going to get it.

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Until then, be patient.

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For Malvar, every day you spend in here

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makes you appear
more guilty to the public.

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He'll drag it out as long as possible.

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No more, please, Juanjo. I won't make it.

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I want to die. I'm not going to make it.

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There's no reason why they
won't approve your probation before trial.

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After all, the evidence they have
is speculative at best.

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You'll be out in a few days.
Trust me, okay.

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TWO YEARS LATER

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That's enough, you're too kind, Ruben.

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I'll put in two more,
on the house, Marisa.

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It's just that I have
my two grandkids visiting.

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-They eat more than me.
-We don't have any children.

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But our fifteen-year-old
nephew's stomach is a bottomless pit.

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-But it's wonderful having kids.
-They're also exhausting.

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At our age, we're just glad
to make enough to live a good life.

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Thank God for that.

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I'm gonna need
your autograph. It's certified.

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Ah, great, another fine!

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-It's from the Provincial Court.
-Which one?

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-It'll be dumb luck, isn't that right?
-What?

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It seems I won the lottery.

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Good morning.

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-Good morning.
-Uh, good morning, um…

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Your Honor, with your permission,
um, before we get started, uh,

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my co-council on the defense and I
would like to give you fair warning

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of the overwhelming prejudices that
I'm almost certain we're about to witness.

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So what, you want
to recuse all the candidates?

240
00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:25,560
-Well.
-I mean, Your Honor,

241
00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,480
the main issue is that
due to the coverage of this

242
00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:31,920
and the overt and improper involvement
of our media conglomerates,

243
00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:37,000
there's not a person in all of Spain that
hasn't already formed their own prejudices

244
00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,080
in respect to the guilt
or innocence of the defendants.

245
00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,280
Listen, counselors.

246
00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,800
This matter was already resolved
in the appeal process.

247
00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,240
You're allowed to recuse four members,
if you so desire. Understood?

248
00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,000
Very well. It's time
to start the interviews.

249
00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,080
Do you
understand the responsibility

250
00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:56,720
of being a member of the jury?

251
00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:57,640
I do.

252
00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,120
I don't think anyone enjoys
having that responsibility.

253
00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,360
But that girl deserves justice.

254
00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,720
No, I've never heard of Rosario Porto.

255
00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,360
-Are you sure?
-Absolutely.

256
00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:10,760
Do you think that someone
can love an adopted child

257
00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:12,720
the same way they do a biological one?

258
00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:14,960
That's tough.

259
00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,840
Because my kids are mine, right?

260
00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:19,840
I mean, they came from me.

261
00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,640
So you're familiar
with the case we're talking about?

262
00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,680
-What kind of question's that?
-Excuse me?

263
00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,120
We're on the edge of our seats,
how could I not know?

264
00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,160
Of course I do.

265
00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,240
Everyone knows about it, right?

266
00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:31,880
Oh, the Chinese girl.

267
00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,280
Obviously, yes, yes. Of course, of course.

268
00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,160
Yes, yes. I guess I do know about her.

269
00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,720
I mean, no, there's no way
I could hurt my children.

270
00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:45,280
When it comes time
to cast a verdict, can you be decisive?

271
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,480
I'm pretty sure
I'd need to deliberate.

272
00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,320
But, well, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I suppose I could.

273
00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:54,480
I mean, only if I'm sure.

274
00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:56,640
Because, in the end…

275
00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,240
it's a responsibility I take seriously.

276
00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:00,360
As you should.

277
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:01,880
I do.

278
00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,040
I'd have trouble sleeping knowing
my decision sent someone to prison

279
00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:07,760
for a crime they didn't commit.

280
00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,800
When deciding a verdict,
you should have a clear conscience.

281
00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,640
Okay. The trial starts tomorrow morning.

282
00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,000
Don't be late, that's all I ask of you.

283
00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,080
Here, in the Provincial Court in Santiago,

284
00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,160
the much-anticipated trial for
the well-known Asunta Case is starting.

285
00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:31,840
A jury will determine if Rosario Porto
and Alfonso Basterra are guilty

286
00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,520
of murdering their daughter,
Asunta Yong Fong Basterra Porto.

287
00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,000
The trial is scheduled for 24 days.

288
00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,080
But, considering the public outcry
about the parents' guilt,

289
00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:42,880
it might be resolved earlier.

290
00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:47,480
If that's true, we might finally get
the answers to the questions we all have:

291
00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:48,720
Why did they do it?

292
00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,920
How could these parents
murder their own child?

293
00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,480
What is your approach?

294
00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,560
Are they moving forward
with a joint defense?

295
00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:56,560
Do they have a chance?

296
00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,760
We believe in the innocence
of Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra.

297
00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,840
Despite all of the biased leaks
about our clients

298
00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,520
that have been repeated
time and time again by the press.

299
00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:08,160
These stories have tried
to sentence our clients

300
00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,720
before they even had a chance
to receive a fair trial.

301
00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:11,640
Have a nice day.

302
00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,880
-Why were they giving her pills?
-No comment.

303
00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,560
-Thank you. Excuse me.
-What do you have to say about…

304
00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,160
Thank you, have a good day.

305
00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:26,920
Hello, Rosario.

306
00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000
Stay calm.

307
00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:45,480
Before a jury of their peers,
the Attorney General's office,

308
00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,680
the defendants, Rosario Porto Ortega,
Alfonso Basterra Camporro,

309
00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:51,920
and their defense team,

310
00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,400
I hereby declare the start of the trial

311
00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,960
for the murder
of Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto.

312
00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:06,480
Ms. Porto,
according to the record,

313
00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,720
on the initial visit
to the house in Montouto

314
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,280
the night your daughter was murdered,

315
00:18:10,360 --> 00:18:14,280
the officer who was with you
found you next to a wastebasket,

316
00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:15,880
on the way to the bathroom.

317
00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,960
In the master bathroom, yes.

318
00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:19,760
Did you touch the wastebasket?

319
00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,040
-No, of course not.
-Are you sure?

320
00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:23,240
I never touched it.

321
00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,440
Um, I just needed to go to the bathroom.

322
00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,200
-And did you?
-I think they made me wait.

323
00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:30,120
Okay.

324
00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,720
In the wastebasket,
they found a strand of orange twine.

325
00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,480
-Is that right?
-Mm-hmm.

326
00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:38,560
Next picture, please.

327
00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:44,120
Ms. Porto, what do you use
that twine for in your house?

328
00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:48,080
Um…

329
00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:52,080
I assumed that my gardeners used it.

330
00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:54,720
To tend to the garden.

331
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,200
Can you please explain to us,
if it's used for gardening,

332
00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,000
why was the twine found
in your bedroom's trash bin?

333
00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:06,120
I don't know. I mean obviously,
the gardeners wouldn't go in my room.

334
00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,040
I don't know.

335
00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:16,760
Could you please do me a favor?
Take that photo down.

336
00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:21,960
Take the photo down.

337
00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:27,640
Thank you.

338
00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,440
My partner stayed at the road
with forensics, as is standard protocol.

339
00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,960
And I went with Rosario and Alfonso
to the house in Montouto.

340
00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,560
When we entered the home,
Rosario switched off the alarm.

341
00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,360
Then she told me that
she urgently needed to use the bathroom.

342
00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,320
She moved to the staircase
and began to go upstairs,

343
00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:55,880
so I followed her, naturally.

344
00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,240
I soon realized
she had gone into a bedroom.

345
00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:00,800
The one with the wastebasket?

346
00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,200
Yes. It was beside the toilet
in the bathroom.

347
00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:07,760
There's been a lot of discussion
about the twine,

348
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,080
but no one talked about how they were cut.

349
00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,200
How the end pieces connect
on each one of the samples.

350
00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:17,400
Through analysis they found
the twine in the wastebasket doesn't fit

351
00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,280
the twine found on the road.

352
00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:22,640
The ends don't match.
Can you confirm that information?

353
00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,800
They are the same type of twine.

354
00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,720
Due to the material's composition,

355
00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,960
it's impossible to confirm
they came from the same twine,

356
00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:31,840
that's why that evidence is irrelevant.

357
00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,960
Oh, well, I mean, if it's relevant
or not is still up for debate.

358
00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,760
Uh, your investigation
arrived at this conclusion:

359
00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,960
It's not common to find
this exact type of twine

360
00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,800
in the area near Santiago, Cacheiras, Teo…

361
00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,680
Maybe because you didn't look very hard.

362
00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,400
With far less resources
than you have at the Civil Guard,

363
00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,840
I managed to search
and produce, in half a day,

364
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,920
three orange twines that fit
the other's description exactly.

365
00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:01,360
You didn't find any twine like this
during your investigation?

366
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,720
Those twines aren't the same material.

367
00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,600
To say they're the same twine,
simply because they have orange coloring,

368
00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:09,960
that's false information.

369
00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:11,720
Is it really?

370
00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,600
Why were you in such a rush

371
00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:18,160
to close this line of inquiry
in your initial investigation, I wonder?

372
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:22,240
Let me answer that for you.

373
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:26,240
You didn't investigate because you
decided who to blame before you started.

374
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,840
Not through investigation,
but at the very beginning.

375
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,960
Refrain from
drawing conclusions, counselor.

376
00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,600
THE CAMERA AT THE GAS STATION

377
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,360
I want you to take
a good look at this video.

378
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:53,240
This is the last known camera footage
that captures Asunta alive.

379
00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,280
Ms. Porto, the night
you and your ex-husband

380
00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:58,720
filed a report at the police station,

381
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:03,120
you told the police you left the girl
at the house, doing her homework. Right?

382
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,360
That's what happened.

383
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,480
She was home doing homework alone
after we got back from the country.

384
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,920
That's not what
you told the police initially.

385
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,040
She told me she was tired.

386
00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:17,160
That she had some Chinese homework
she wanted to finish

387
00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,000
from one of her teachers, Ms. Wong.

388
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:23,040
Why not just pick up the swimsuits
when you first went to the country house?

389
00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:24,440
Why did you go back again?

390
00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,600
Because I had to air out the house.

391
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:28,440
And…

392
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,200
it takes an hour.

393
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,600
And that time, which route did you use
to get there? Th… There's no record.

394
00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:38,040
That time, we took the back roads.

395
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:40,560
But, uh…

396
00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:45,960
The truth is, I really can't remember
the exact way we went at the moment.

397
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:48,120
You can't remember. Right.

398
00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,560
And where did you leave the girl?

399
00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:59,200
I left her somewhere between
República Argentina and Puente Castro.

400
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,680
You know
what's strange, Ms. Porto?

401
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,840
The story you just told the court
cannot be confirmed.

402
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,040
Not one thing you just said in that story.

403
00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:11,840
No cameras, no witnesses,
not a single thing. Absolutely nothing.

404
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,920
But we do have a record
of your initial statement.

405
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,120
You said the girl
wasn't with you in the car.

406
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,680
But as soon as you were told
there was a camera,

407
00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,160
suddenly, she was.

408
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,760
Ms. Porto, the last time
Asunta was seen alive on camera,

409
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,040
she was in your car, you were together,

410
00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:32,760
and the place you're driving to
is your property.

411
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:34,200
Are you sticking to your story?

412
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,360
It's the truth, I swear.

413
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,160
That is the exactly
what happened that day.

414
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,760
THE PURCHASES OF LORAZEPAM

415
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:51,480
Do you recall having bought,
on 5th July, 2013,

416
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,120
a box of 50 lorazepam pills

417
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,720
from the Lopez Sierra pharmacy
at 23, Rúa Do Hórreo?

418
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,920
Well, I don't remember
exact dates, but probably.

419
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,680
I took care
of buying Rosario's medication,

420
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,400
um, among other things.

421
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:10,720
And can you tell us what occurred
on 9th, 18th and 23rd July?

422
00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:16,000
You were told by the girl's music teacher
that your daughter wasn't feeling well.

423
00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,000
Do you remember telling her
that the girl was drugged?

424
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,720
No, no. That's not what I said.

425
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,000
When I saw Asunta I said
she appeared to be drugged. Okay?

426
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,080
There's a difference,
don't know if you can hear it.

427
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,080
Yes, yes.

428
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:30,840
I remember what it was.

429
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,360
She took an antihistamine medication
for her allergies.

430
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,480
Right. Then, how do you explain
that the toxicology tests

431
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,000
run on the child postmortem,
specifically in an effort to find them,

432
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,800
didn't find any traces
of these so-called allergy meds?

433
00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,240
They did however
find another kind of medication,

434
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,880
amounting to 27 pills of lorazepam.

435
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,160
Well, I remember Asunta
was taking medication for her rhinitis.

436
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,760
Your daughter had a similar explanation.

437
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,720
She told her teacher her parents
were giving her a "white powder."

438
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,800
A medication, by the way,

439
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,800
that her own pediatrician
denies having prescribed.

440
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,040
Tell me something, Mr. Basterra,

441
00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:07,880
would you describe this as normal?

442
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:12,760
That a person gets 150 pills
of lorazepam? In ten days?

443
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,080
It was an extremely
difficult time for Rosario.

444
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,400
She was hospitalized and just got out.

445
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,600
She would always forget
where she left her phone.

446
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,360
Um, at the time I remember that,

447
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:27,240
I mean, she was forgetful
and would constantly misplace her pills.

448
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,240
Mr. Basterra…

449
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,120
One more question.

450
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,440
Tell us what you did
while Asunta was sleeping.

451
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:37,160
Slept as well.

452
00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:38,920
And nothing more.

453
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,080
Luis, hey!

454
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,640
I really wish
I could've been at the funeral.

455
00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,480
Things are, you know,
pretty hectic lately.

456
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,320
How are you?

457
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:04,200
I'm fine.

458
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,760
After a long winter there's always spring.
That's what he'd say.

459
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,920
He wasn't himself these past months.

460
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,320
But, that's life, right?

461
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:14,920
My condolences, Your Honor.

462
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,640
What I wouldn't give to be in there
just to see their faces, huh?

463
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,000
-Oh, it feels good, I won't lie.
-You bet your ass it does.

464
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,120
I left you the perfect case, didn't I?

465
00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,400
Be careful, just keep
your eye on the ball.

466
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,400
Don't worry, come on, come on, come on.

467
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:35,840
I got it.

468
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,640
Are you using those photos?

469
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,000
As you look at these photos,
please keep calm.

470
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,920
THE PHOTOS ON THE CELL PHONE

471
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:05,920
Stop there, please.

472
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,760
Alfonso, will you please
look at the image on the screen.

473
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,640
I think Rosario explained that
Asunta liked to pretend she was a mummy.

474
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:21,880
No, Rosario didn't say that.

475
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,600
What Rosario said was,
our daughter liked to play dress up.

476
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,400
She gave several examples
that I can confirm.

477
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,000
And, excuse me, but, um,
why are you keeping this photo up?

478
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,840
Which can be misleading
because of the way she's posing.

479
00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:37,760
Why not leave up the previous one?

480
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:41,400
Why would you keep this one up there,
unless you had bad intentions. Hm?

481
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,400
It seems like there's a reason, right?

482
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,440
The prosecutor wanted to ask
a question about this photograph.

483
00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:52,440
The photos where the girl
is dressed up the night of the cabaret…

484
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,280
-You took them, right?
-No, I don't think so.

485
00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:59,200
They were taken on my wife's phone,
I'm almost 100% sure about that.

486
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,440
Because the phone I had at the time
had a camera that took terrible pictures.

487
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:05,920
Another photo, please.

488
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:08,840
Go back, please.

489
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:11,000
Thank you.

490
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:15,480
Is that your hand there?

491
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:18,240
I assume it is.

492
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,040
Yes. That's my hand.

493
00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:24,440
Can you tell me if it's you
taking the photo? At that moment?

494
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:27,200
I don't know.

495
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,720
I don't remember for certain.

496
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,600
-You don't remember?
-No. No. No.

497
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,360
We always had a camera.
There are hundreds of photos.

498
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:39,360
That's why I'm unsure,
because, you know, like any parent

499
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,280
I took a lot of photos of our girl.

500
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,440
So what is it then, Mr. Basterra?

501
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,240
Did you take the photos,
or was it Rosario?

502
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:52,440
Ms. Porto, um…

503
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,560
The costume, the make-up.

504
00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:59,280
Was this a decision by the school,
so all the girls would be matching?

505
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,240
Yes. The girls dressed the same
for the performance. The school wanted it.

506
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,360
This was corroborated
by a teacher who worked for the school

507
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:09,560
at the time.

508
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,040
During the investigation,

509
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,200
these photos shown here were discovered
on your daughter's cell phone.

510
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,640
Is it true that before your daughter
used this phone it belonged to you first?

511
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:20,680
Yes.

512
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,320
It was mine.

513
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:27,280
After a while, I decided to upgrade it,
so it went to Asunta.

514
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,520
Tell me something, then.

515
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,720
What do you think the reason is

516
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,000
that someone would take photos
with alleged dark intentions,

517
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,400
as the prosecutor claims was done here,

518
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,800
with the telephone
belonging to the victim?

519
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,320
My honest opinion?

520
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:43,200
Your honest opinion.

521
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:45,600
No idea.

522
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:48,080
No idea.

523
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:55,560
Your Honor, do I have permission
to say something else about these photos?

524
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:57,480
Go ahead.

525
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:01,040
In my opinion,
only a dirty mind could look at that

526
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:05,240
and misinterpret family photographs of
a girl dressed up for the school ballet.

527
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,360
I don't understand.

528
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:10,240
I don't know what
the prosecutor is insinuating here.

529
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,920
When even her teacher said that
when the girls get home after the ballet,

530
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,120
they all take photos in their costumes.

531
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:20,320
I don't know if anyone else
in the court has children

532
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,760
who participate in festivals or in plays,

533
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,920
but they're very excited when it's over.

534
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:29,720
No further questions.

535
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:32,680
Mr. Miranda,

536
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:37,120
I want you to pay close attention
to the following images.

537
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,680
THE VISIBILITY ON THE ROAD

538
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:39,760
Please.

539
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,360
Stop it right there, please.
At timestamp 10:17.

540
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,280
That night at 10:17, approximately,

541
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,160
please remind us
where you were around this time.

542
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,000
On Saturday, September 21st.

543
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:55,640
Well, right around that time,

544
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,920
I was walking up that road
with my wife, carrying a flashlight.

545
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:04,280
Then, walking back later, it was
around 11:15, 11:20, we passed by there.

546
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:09,400
We were only two and a half feet away from
the spot where they found the girl's body.

547
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,200
When we passed by that night,
we didn't see anything.

548
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,480
Mhm. Therefore, you would have seen it,

549
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,680
if the girls body had been there.

550
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:19,800
Was there enough light?

551
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,440
It was pretty late.

552
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,960
I just told you,
I was carrying a flashlight.

553
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:25,200
You had a flashlight.

554
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,600
So, if the defendants
were at the police station

555
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:30,400
reporting the disappearance
of their daughter

556
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,000
at the same time
you passed along the road,

557
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,920
it's impossible for them
to have left the body there, right?

558
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,040
Thank you.

559
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,480
Okay, Mr. Miranda… Um…

560
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,760
Do you recall what you said
during the investigation?

561
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,960
I mean, I don't really remember
the exact words I used then, but still,

562
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,680
I said the same thing as right now.

563
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,240
I'm not all knowing,
but I know the body wasn't there.

564
00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,360
Ah, let me ask you something else.

565
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,240
Were you chatting
with your wife at the time?

566
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:04,240
Yes, so what?

567
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,800
Well, is it possible,
that at that moment,

568
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,360
you weren't paying attention
to the side of the road?

569
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:12,280
Say what you want,
but I swear that body wasn't there.

570
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:16,040
What do you want to hear? That she
was there? No, I don't believe she was.

571
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,000
However, the visibility test
you did the next day

572
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,360
with the Civil Guard says otherwise.

573
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,880
That time you passed by the T-shirt
they placed on the road.

574
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,720
The T-shirt that the officers left at the
exact location where they found the body.

575
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:31,920
Isn't that right?

576
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,040
Excuse me, Your Honor, if I may,

577
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,400
I would like to make a formal request.

578
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,000
In order to prove this,

579
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,760
can our jury members here, go themselves
to the spot where she was on the road,

580
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:50,320
to see if the witness is telling the truth
about what he saw, in his testimony, uh,

581
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,560
that he could've seen her body.

582
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:54,360
Denied.

583
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,600
The jury will only evaluate
the evidence presented in this courtroom.

584
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,080
The evidence from
the preliminary investigation.

585
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,280
I'm sick to my stomach.

586
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,560
We're sitting like statues
for eight hours.

587
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,800
I don't understand
half the words they say.

588
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,160
Well, it won't last forever,
just a few days.

589
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,200
And if you don't go,
they hold you in contempt of court.

590
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,400
Let's be real, ask me
all about oxtail, shank, or round,

591
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,600
but about laws?
How am I expected to know all that?

592
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,480
Honey, you're not expected
to know about laws.

593
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:33,840
They expect you to think
about what really happened.

594
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,640
Leave that! You'll break
our only calculator.

595
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,760
I haven't slept in three days.
I don't know where I am half the time.

596
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,480
I can see that girl. Asleep like an angel.

597
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,320
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
It's burned in my mind.

598
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:47,600
Do you remember Xurxo?

599
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,920
He veered off the road
and drove into the Miño river.

600
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,760
He survived, but his wife got stuck
and she drowned in the river.

601
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,520
He leapt out of a window
two days after that.

602
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,720
-He was probably drunk out of his mind.
-The conscience, honey. It'll get you.

603
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,000
Honestly, it's the one thing
that I don't understand.

604
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:06,720
The parents don't seem burdened.

605
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:10,360
Of course. Xurxo may have been a drunk,
but at least he was normal.

606
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,760
Remember we have dinner
with my sister tonight.

607
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,720
On the one night
we go out for dinner?

608
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,560
It won't take long.
Then we'll head straight there.

609
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,240
That's it?
That's where they found her?

610
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:06,560
What are you doing?

611
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:12,800
Can you see it or not?

612
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:24,720
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

613
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:28,720
-Tell me what's going on.
-I didn't say anything.

614
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,000
You don't have to.
You're thinking about the same thing I am.

615
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,240
They're giving us quite the beating.

616
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,640
Well, we still have
some opportunities open to us.

617
00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,920
We both knew how hard this case would be.

618
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:42,160
But you couldn't say no?

619
00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:44,480
No. That wasn't an option.

620
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,560
But I hoped there was something else
that could help me.

621
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,400
You think Rosario's
hiding something, right?

622
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:03,680
She can't help you now.

623
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,040
Did you read the report
from the psychologist?

624
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,640
The woman's a narcissist.
She only cares about self-preservation.

625
00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:13,520
She's not going to tell you anything that
might tarnish her reputation and status.

626
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,160
My dear, it's always easy after the fact
to come up with these reports.

627
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,600
If those reports were only given
to us before a crime was done,

628
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,320
they'd save us an awful lot
of trouble. Am I right?

629
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,600
What can we do, Rosario?

630
00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:34,800
The case seems to be
getting away from us, I won't lie.

631
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,160
I'm not surprised at all.

632
00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:40,480
What should a member of the jury
assume when the defendant lied?

633
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:41,880
And when you add to that,

634
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,680
she didn't report a murder attempt
on her daughter.

635
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,840
Don't tell me you don't trust me.

636
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,680
I need a new angle.

637
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,080
Something to help us prove
your innocence in the eyes of the jury.

638
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,200
New information you haven't said yet.

639
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,240
-Anything.
-I'm sorry, there's nothing more.

640
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,400
There's nothing more.

641
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:07,400
Think carefully, Rosario.

642
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,480
Think carefully, because you may not
get another opportunity.

643
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,280
Time's almost up.

644
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:14,640
Think hard.

645
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,360
Maybe it's not something about you.

646
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,400
I don't know,
maybe it's something about Alfonso.

647
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,160
Alfonso made this so bad.

648
00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:27,200
This was his fault, not mine.

649
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,560
This shouldn't have gone like this.

650
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:41,560
I only wanted to be happy.

651
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,000
That's all I really wanted, Juanjo.

652
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,720
But I still don't know why you say
it's Alfonso's fault, I don't know.

653
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:49,480
I don't know.

654
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:54,840
All right.

655
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,480
In that case, we'll move forward
with the joint defense.

656
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,120
We have no other choice.

657
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,960
You'll stay together.

658
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:08,640
Until the very end.

659
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:37,200
Are we leaving?

660
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:39,840
I've asked for five minutes.

661
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,400
Your ex-wife is
dragging you down with her.

662
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,560
If it continues, I won't be able to help.

663
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,120
Do you want 20 years in prison?

664
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,320
-Of course not.
-Okay.

665
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,400
Then we can't go on with a joint defense.

666
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,240
More options open up for us
if you're on your own.

667
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,840
But it doesn't depend on me,
it's your choice.

668
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,600
Nothing will change the fact
that my daughter's gone.

669
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:13,440
No.

670
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:16,680
No, no, Alfonso. You're right.

671
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,400
Asunta isn't coming back. That's true.

672
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:21,920
That's not all,

673
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,120
neither are the two years you were locked
up, and the twenty more they'll ask for.

674
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,880
Today, they'll try
to convince those people

675
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,440
that you accompanied her
and the girl to Montouto.

676
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,160
Did you know they have a witness?

677
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:33,560
I never went to the country house.

678
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,280
But why are you still covering for her?

679
00:39:39,240 --> 00:39:40,920
Rosario didn't murder Asunta.

680
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,520
And I'm never going to say otherwise.

681
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,760
Tell me why
you insist on doing this.

682
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,600
I can't wrap my head around it!

683
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,760
-She's my wife.
-No, no.

684
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,720
No, she hasn't been your wife
since she left your daughter at home

685
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,080
to be with another man.

686
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,960
What is this? What, what? Pride?

687
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,520
What are you trying to prove?
That you're above everything and everyone?

688
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:06,400
With what they have already, I promise
you're not getting out of this prison.

689
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:10,480
Even if we convince them that this girl
didn't see you on the street that day.

690
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,040
Bare minimum, can we
be a little realistic?

691
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,480
Let's go out there and say that,
that Rosario got nervous,

692
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,360
-that she called you and…
-There's no way I'm lying to them.

693
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,400
Your silence is a guilty charge.

694
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,480
Tell me something.

695
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:33,560
Could you live with yourself knowing

696
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,840
the person you shared
your life with killed your daughter?

697
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:36,880
I don't know.

698
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,360
Honestly, Alfonso, it's
an impossible question.

699
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,040
But I've done this for years.

700
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,320
The innocent ones
don't want to rot in jail, never,

701
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:45,960
and that's what I don't like about this.

702
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:47,720
Okay.

703
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:49,920
What do you think?

704
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:51,960
Tell me the truth.

705
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:57,840
The same thing everyone else will.

706
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,800
You're hiding a dark truth,
something worse than her death.

707
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,080
Do you remember what you did
on the afternoon of September 21st?

708
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:16,560
THE TELEPHONE RECORDS

709
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,800
I spent the afternoon
doing something I love: reading.

710
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:21,320
A book, of course.

711
00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:24,320
And, how long did you stay home?

712
00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:30,520
Well, until, uh, 9:30, or 9:45 p.m.

713
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:32,440
I stayed in all night.

714
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:34,000
Tell me something.

715
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,440
Does your apartment
have good cell phone reception?

716
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,000
I mean, yeah, it's normal.

717
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:45,320
The same as in town, you know.

718
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,960
-Why is that important.
-Don't worry, I'll tell you why.

719
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:52,560
Explain how it's possible
that your phone emitted no signal

720
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,760
between 3:00 in the afternoon
and 8:43 that evening?

721
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,480
Maybe you kept your phone off
because you planned on disappearing?

722
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,800
No, excuse me.
My cellphone wasn't completely off.

723
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:04,760
I don't know where you got that from.

724
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,600
So, that afternoon,
your phone was on?

725
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:09,800
It was always on. I remember.

726
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,640
It appears the prosecutor
has overlooked what we sent over.

727
00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:14,600
It's his phone's export report.

728
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:18,000
It says that Alfonso's mobile phone
was able to connect

729
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,120
to his house Wi-Fi and operate,

730
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,960
and keep it from being picked up
by the city's boosters.

731
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,400
It clearly shows,
if his telephone made calls,

732
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,280
then it was only due
to his ability to connect to Wi-Fi,

733
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:32,440
otherwise he couldn't
have made those calls at all. Right?

734
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:38,160
Tell us, did you call anyone with
your phone that evening, Mr. Basterra?

735
00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:40,640
Yes, I think I called a couple of people.

736
00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:43,320
One call was to Rosario.

737
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,960
I called up Asunta's cell
and the landline over in Montouto.

738
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,040
-A few times, I remember.
-Mhm.

739
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:52,560
A magic telephone, no doubt, if it
can make calls while it's switched off.

740
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,720
Your Honor,
that is not the complete truth.

741
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,680
The times those calls were made…

742
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,600
His phone also received
a couple of calls that day.

743
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,280
This isn't a talk show.

744
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,080
Please respect everyone's turn to speak.

745
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,480
-Counselor, any further questions?
-No, Your Honor.

746
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,040
Now it's your turn
to speak, Ms. Garrido.

747
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,840
I mentioned that you made calls,
but also received some calls on that day.

748
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:18,920
For example, one call
was received around 9:36.

749
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,400
From your previous place
of residence, on Doctor Teixeiro.

750
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:23,760
Am I right?

751
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:25,560
Yes, yes. That's correct.

752
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:30,480
Is it correct of me to assume the person
who was calling in this instance

753
00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:32,760
was Ms. Rosario Porto?

754
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:35,960
That's correct.

755
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,080
What about?

756
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,480
She told me that
she didn't know where Asunta was,

757
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:44,640
and asked if she was with me.

758
00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:47,560
Was that all?
There wasn't something else?

759
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:52,960
I told her she wasn't at my house,

760
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,600
and to phone
all her friends, their mothers

761
00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,680
and if nobody saw her,
then go to the police.

762
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,760
Alfonso, that call
was five minutes long.

763
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:04,920
Five minutes.

764
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,400
You're certain that's all
you two talked about?

765
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:15,800
Think carefully, please.

766
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:19,360
I don't need to think about it.

767
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:38,840
Next to the stand
is Laura Prieto Iglesias.

768
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:48,080
THE FINAL WITNESS

769
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:49,640
-Hello, Laura.
-Hello.

770
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,960
Okay, before we start,

771
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,840
can you tell us your full name
and how you knew Asunta?

772
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:57,400
My name is Laura Prieto Iglesias.

773
00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:59,880
I knew Asunta from our French class
at Alianza Francesa.

774
00:44:59,960 --> 00:45:04,280
So, you have no doubt in your mind
that you saw Asunta and her father

775
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,960
walking on the street
the evening of September 21st?

776
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:09,960
Yes, I'm sure. I remember, because…

777
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,600
Because they are… recognizable.

778
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:17,800
So, where and when
did that encounter take place?

779
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:21,120
It was definitely
before 7:00 p.m. and after 5:30.

780
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,240
I remember walking down General Pardiñas.
They were walking together.

781
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,560
On República del Salvador.

782
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:31,640
-Where were you coming from?
-I was buying some new sneakers.

783
00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:33,360
They were trainers.

784
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:35,760
At the sports shop
that's in that neighborhood.

785
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:37,480
It was up the street.

786
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:39,320
Thank you.

787
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:41,040
Hello, Laura.

788
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:43,640
Look, the attorney is very clear,

789
00:45:43,720 --> 00:45:47,760
that at that time around 5:30 p.m.
to about 7 p.m., the times you mentioned,

790
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:49,240
Asunta was already drugged.

791
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:51,480
Did you notice anything?

792
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:53,480
Was she walking strangely
when you saw her?

793
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:55,560
Did you notice anything
that caught your attention?

794
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:57,400
I don't remember seeing anything.

795
00:45:58,240 --> 00:46:00,720
Interesting, Laura,
because Asunta, at that time,

796
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,760
had 27 pills of lorazepam in her system.

797
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:07,600
If she indeed took those 27 pills
at Alfonso Basterra's apartment,

798
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:10,480
like the investigation has stated
time and time again,

799
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:13,120
it begs the question, how is it possible

800
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:16,400
that in the timeframe you say
you saw them, she seemed all right?

801
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:19,640
She was walking normally? You're sure
there was nothing strange? Nothing?

802
00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:21,960
As I said, she looked perfectly fine.

803
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,160
-Nothing strange.
-Okay.

804
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:30,360
And Rosario left the garage
at exactly 6:14,

805
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:35,520
and as you can see here, she passed
by the camera at La Galuresa at 6:21.

806
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:40,760
Can I see the picture of the receipt
for the sneakers. It's file 1344b,

807
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:43,200
as provided by the Civil Guard
during the pre-trial,

808
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,560
in the initial investigation. Please.

809
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:49,720
Thank you very much.

810
00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:53,640
Laura, please read aloud
the date and time on the receipt.

811
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:59,440
The receipt says
21st September, at 6:21 p.m.

812
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,080
At 6:21 p.m.

813
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:04,360
And considering you left after paying,

814
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:08,600
and that the exit of the sports store
and the crosswalk are only six feet apart,

815
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:10,800
how did you see Asunta
with Alfonso on the street,

816
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:13,640
if at the exact same time,
the prosecutor has them in the car

817
00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:15,560
on their way to Teo,
passing by La Galuresa?

818
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:17,800
I'd like the record to show

819
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,560
that the cash register
wasn't connected to the internet,

820
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:22,600
for that reason, we found it inadmissible.

821
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:25,960
An example of how this investigation only
uses timeframes that support their story.

822
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:27,800
-Counselor…
-They're meticulous…

823
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:30,320
-Don't make me hold you in contempt.
-When it suits their story.

824
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:31,240
Counselor.

825
00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:34,240
Don't answer the question.

826
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:38,280
They were walking together.

827
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:40,600
And I'm sure it was that day.

828
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,640
No further questions,
Your Honor.

829
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,920
For the moment,
let's set aside Laura Prieto's testimony,

830
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,880
who stated what she saw on that day.

831
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:56,880
Alfonso Basterra walking with his daughter
Asunta on the evening of the murder.

832
00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:00,560
We can also set aside the fact
that he had his phone turned off,

833
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:03,440
his total lack of cooperation
during the entire investigation,

834
00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:08,080
and the long list of inconsistencies,
lies, and contradictions

835
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:09,840
that both of them have told us.

836
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,160
It's been proven during this trial
that the child

837
00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:17,280
Asunta Yong Fong Basterra Porto
was sedated.

838
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:21,640
She was administered high doses
of lorazepam repeatedly

839
00:48:21,720 --> 00:48:24,640
over the last three months
of her short life.

840
00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:27,600
And you can see
the common denominator here.

841
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:30,240
The apartment on República Argentina.

842
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:32,440
Because at the apartment of Mr. Basterra

843
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:35,640
is where she slept
whenever she experienced dizzy spells.

844
00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:39,840
It's in his apartment
where she had lunch for the last time,

845
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:42,720
alongside her mother Rosario Porto.

846
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,000
And yet, the question remains.

847
00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:51,160
Why is Mr. Basterra, with the amount
of evidence incriminating his ex-wife,

848
00:48:51,760 --> 00:48:53,880
still refusing to speak against her?

849
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:56,480
The explanation?

850
00:48:57,120 --> 00:48:58,480
The explanation?

851
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:02,400
Because they both had their reasons
to murder their daughter, Asunta.

852
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:04,920
Ms. Rosario Porto Ortega,

853
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,040
because she felt overwhelmed
by her daughter.

854
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,360
Mr. Alfonso Basterra Camparro,

855
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:12,840
because he was willing to do everything,

856
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:18,080
I mean absolutely everything,
to get his lost marriage to her back.

857
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:20,840
And to get her family money.

858
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:26,040
This crime bonded her to him forever.

859
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,880
The prosecutor talks
a lot about evidence.

860
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:35,120
But, as of today,
two years after the death of Asunta,

861
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:37,600
there is not a single piece
of evidence. I'll repeat that.

862
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:41,240
There's not a single piece of evidence
that places my client, Alfonso Basterra

863
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:42,680
in that house in Montouto,

864
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:45,640
or on the road
where they found Asunta's body.

865
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:50,160
Members of the jury, what's more,
without any physical evidence,

866
00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:53,920
the argument is my client
was in two locations at the same time.

867
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,760
The testimony of the
prosecutor's witness begs that question,

868
00:49:56,840 --> 00:50:00,080
when Laura Prieto argues
that she saw Alfonso walking with Asunta

869
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:01,440
on that day in September.

870
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:03,840
How could that be possible,

871
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:07,320
when out of the 37 security cameras
that the officers checked,

872
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:11,400
not a single camera in that area was able
to show Mr. Basterra with his daughter?

873
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:15,160
My answer. It's as simple as memory.

874
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:17,880
Laura Prieto really meant it.

875
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:19,760
She just got the dates all wrong.

876
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,400
Laura Prieto's saying
what she thinks she saw.

877
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:26,400
Because on 21st September 2013,

878
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:28,680
Alfonso Basterra never left his house.

879
00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:32,120
I repeat. He never left his house.

880
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,600
Why then, is the attorney
fixated on my client,

881
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:40,560
in this whole story without a shred
of proof, only implications, and theories?

882
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:43,360
The prosecutor is trying so hard
to make you believe

883
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:46,560
that it's the defendant's responsibility
to prove their alibi.

884
00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:48,760
When, actually, it's the other way around.

885
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:51,040
In respecting my client's
right to a defense,

886
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:53,120
the prosecution has to show the proof,

887
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,400
the evidence on which
the verdict is reached.

888
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:58,640
Which up to now,
they have shown, the proof isn't there.

889
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:01,880
I want to be clear.

890
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:06,760
My one hope, would be that you seriously
consider the defense I've given here,

891
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:11,800
and make your judgement based solely
on the evidence, without prejudice.

892
00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:15,680
If you deliberate using your reason…

893
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:18,120
I'll put it in other words,

894
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:21,840
if you vote knowing you have
a… responsibility to be fair to my client,

895
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:24,960
then I've done my job.

896
00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:29,440
I only ask that you do yours as well.

897
00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:32,760
Thank you very much.

898
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:39,160
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury.

899
00:51:39,240 --> 00:51:42,080
The prosecutor has maintained
during this trial

900
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:46,760
an accusation based on inconsistent
evidence that doesn't add up.

901
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:48,680
At other times, mere speculation.

902
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:53,480
The truth is, there's no incriminating
evidence or proof whatsoever

903
00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:56,920
against the defendants, as my colleague
has already made clear in her defense.

904
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,720
Not today, and not then, that's the truth.

905
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:02,800
As many of you
probably already know by now,

906
00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:06,360
Rosario Porto is a licensed lawyer.

907
00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:09,200
She has a proven academic background,

908
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:11,680
in other words,
she's an intelligent person.

909
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:17,280
Do you really think,
if she had murdered her own daughter,

910
00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:19,840
she would leave traces behind?

911
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:24,160
Prints, clues, it was all avoidable.

912
00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:28,280
Like the famous white powder
or the orange twine.

913
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:31,120
That wouldn't make sense at all.

914
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:33,880
Which brings me to the point.

915
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:37,400
The person who did this
is still out there, unpunished and free.

916
00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:40,200
A criminal who's capable
of murdering someone again.

917
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:46,280
The prosecutor, in collusion with the
investigating judge assigned to the case,

918
00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:49,920
he started a campaign
to turn a mother into a monster.

919
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:53,840
Well please, there you have it,
a monster, at my side.

920
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:58,960
Let me ask you what would
make a parent do such a thing?

921
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:03,000
They're parents who gave their daughter
the best education possible.

922
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:07,160
They're parents who supported
and loved their child unconditionally.

923
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:09,880
But they suddenly murder her?

924
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:15,960
Let me tell you the reason,
there's no plausible reason at all.

925
00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:20,280
Consider all of this
and analyze all of the facts,

926
00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:22,880
the evidence that has
been proven and unproven,

927
00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:25,960
and take your time
to deliberate thoroughly

928
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:28,080
before reaching your verdict.

929
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:33,280
What's at stake is the freedom and honor
of two people who have been incarcerated

930
00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:34,400
for over two years.

931
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:37,560
Two parents who lost their daughter.

932
00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:42,320
That'll be all. Thank you very much.

933
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:44,280
Thank you, counselor.

934
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:47,040
Now that you've heard all the evidence

935
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:49,720
and the statements
from the prosecutor and the defendants,

936
00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:51,560
it's time for you to deliberate.

937
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:53,080
I wish you all the best of luck.

938
00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:55,800
Make your decision in accordance
with the instructions from the court

939
00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:58,000
and with sound moral judgement. Thank you.

940
00:54:08,720 --> 00:54:10,240
Can we get on with the vote?

941
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,480
If I try to get in the mind
of someone who'd kill their own daughter,

942
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:19,560
this seems far-fetched.

943
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:22,720
Don't you all agree?

944
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:29,680
Considering, he left the house,
and he's not seen by any cameras.

945
00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:34,000
To avoid the cameras he would've
had to have walked much further

946
00:54:34,080 --> 00:54:35,640
and through the city streets.

947
00:54:35,720 --> 00:54:38,160
It was a Saturday afternoon, in Santiago!

948
00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:40,920
At the end of the summer,
the streets are jam-packed.

949
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,040
I do deliveries with my van.

950
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:47,000
At 6:00, everyone's out
and about, you know?

951
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:50,680
And the girl had
so many drugs in her then.

952
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:53,960
In the middle of the street.
You're saying nobody noticed?

953
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:56,000
I don't know.

954
00:54:56,720 --> 00:54:59,760
To me, it doesn't seem premeditated.

955
00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:02,240
We have to assess all the evidence,

956
00:55:02,320 --> 00:55:04,400
and I'm sure
we'll all have different opinions.

957
00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:07,600
The important thing is
to have, um, some perspective.

958
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:10,320
Yeah, I'm trying,
but I have doubts.

959
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:12,440
A lot of the proof was like, uh,

960
00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:14,240
"he didn't do this,"

961
00:55:14,720 --> 00:55:15,800
"he didn't do…

962
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:19,840
well, this other thing,"
or "he should've done this." Um.

963
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:21,240
Honestly.

964
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:24,560
You saw everything that Basterra
didn't do for his daughter, right?

965
00:55:24,640 --> 00:55:25,680
He didn't report it.

966
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:30,080
He didn't want to find out what happened
after someone broke in to try to kill her.

967
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:33,320
He didn't take the kid to the doctor,
even though she was dizzy.

968
00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:38,120
Yeah. We all know
what we would have done, right?

969
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:40,920
But we weren't there.

970
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:46,040
My mother used to say, "what happens
at home should be handled at home."

971
00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:48,080
Well, maybe it doesn't mean anything, but…

972
00:55:48,160 --> 00:55:51,360
What would your mother say about
Basterra turning his phone off all night?

973
00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:54,400
Maybe she'd think
he didn't want to be found.

974
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:56,800
And remember that
whenever he purchased the pills,

975
00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:58,200
the girl had dizzy spells,

976
00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:00,840
and they would happen the day after
she stayed at her dad's.

977
00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:03,680
And the times she was
on lorazepam match the days

978
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:06,120
she went over to her father's
to have dinner.

979
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:10,880
You can vote however you want,
but we have to vote.

980
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:15,560
Did you follow the case in the media?

981
00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:19,600
No. I work too much.

982
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:22,840
Then you didn't hear the conversations
between Basterra and Porto

983
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:24,920
in the cell when they were arrested?

984
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:32,720
"Don't talk about anything inappropriate.
These cells have microphones."

985
00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:34,760
That's what Alphonso said to Rosario.

986
00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:38,160
"Yes, but that horny imagination of yours
is going to get us

987
00:56:38,240 --> 00:56:40,040
in a lot of trouble," she answered.

988
00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:42,200
"You didn't have time to do that, right?"

989
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:46,040
That's what they said?

990
00:56:47,080 --> 00:56:49,240
That's what
they said to each other in jail.

991
00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:51,840
You don't talk like that
unless you're hiding something.

992
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:55,600
But we have to remember…

993
00:56:56,920 --> 00:57:00,600
None of these conversations were
introduced in the trial, or were they?

994
00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:05,520
Well in that case,

995
00:57:06,120 --> 00:57:08,040
we can't be deliberating on those.

996
00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:10,800
Whether they're part
of the trial or not, we all heard them.

997
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:12,240
I have zero doubts.

998
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:14,240
Can we get on with the vote?

999
00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:52,040
The jury's
spokesperson may speak.

1000
00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:02,360
The jury, unanimously,

1001
00:58:03,840 --> 00:58:07,320
finds the defendant
Rosario Porto Ortega guilty

1002
00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:11,400
of the murder of Asunta Basterra Porto,

1003
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:13,880
without her being able to defend herself.

1004
00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:22,960
Likewise, the jury, unanimously finds the
defendant Alfonso Basterra Camporro guilty

1005
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,080
of the murder of Asunta Basterra Porto,

1006
00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:29,800
without her being able to defend herself.

1007
00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:33,080
Based on the following facts as found,

1008
00:58:34,120 --> 00:58:38,600
Mr. Alfonso Basterra Camporro
and Ms. Rosario Porto Ortega,

1009
00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:40,240
by mutual agreement…

1010
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:20,360
Good job, you guys.

1011
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:24,000
Next week, we're back at it.

1012
00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:26,960
Yeah, I heard
you're on the Fiaño case.

1013
00:59:27,560 --> 00:59:28,680
Mm-hmm.

1014
00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:30,720
JJ…

1015
00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:34,400
you must really love difficult cases.

1016
00:59:36,400 --> 00:59:37,240
Till next time.

1017
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:48,280
They'll give us the keys any day now,

1018
00:59:48,360 --> 00:59:50,640
then we'd have no problem
closing up for them.

1019
01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:20,000
Rosario…

1020
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:24,240
we knew this was going
to be a difficult journey.

1021
01:00:25,840 --> 01:00:28,920
I want you to know, we're doing
everything we can to get a retrial.

1022
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:30,880
Can I ask you a favor?

1023
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:32,440
Of course. Anything.

1024
01:00:34,120 --> 01:00:38,280
I was thinking I would like
to place an obituary in memory of Asunta,

1025
01:00:39,200 --> 01:00:41,560
every year, on September 22nd.

1026
01:00:43,880 --> 01:00:46,480
Yes, yes, I'll give you
the contact of a newspaper…

1027
01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:48,280
Can you please take care of it?

1028
01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:51,280
Of course.

1029
01:00:54,120 --> 01:00:55,120
Can you put…

1030
01:00:58,480 --> 01:01:01,440
"I'll love you… forever.

1031
01:01:03,800 --> 01:01:04,760
Mommy."

1032
01:01:06,680 --> 01:01:08,160
You can arrange that.

1033
01:01:08,240 --> 01:01:10,840
They can't prevent you from doing that,
no matter where you are.

1034
01:01:10,920 --> 01:01:12,760
They can't deny you that right.

1035
01:01:12,840 --> 01:01:14,000
Promise me.

1036
01:01:15,440 --> 01:01:16,880
Promise me you'll do it.

1037
01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:20,560
Juanjo.

1038
01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:22,040
I promise.

1039
01:01:26,680 --> 01:01:28,640
That really means a lot.

1040
01:01:32,680 --> 01:01:36,200
Sara. Sara, be careful
or you'll fall, okay? Be careful.

1041
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:38,560
That's our job, isn't it?

1042
01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:41,080
We gather evidence
and others interpret it, right?

1043
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:43,240
-Yeah.
-It is what it is.

1044
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:45,680
-It is what it is.
-It is.

1045
01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:47,160
-Heads up, huh?
-Huh?

1046
01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:49,840
-There she is.
-Tell Mommy "It is what it is." Yeah?

1047
01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:52,400
-Here!
-That's right.

1048
01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:54,200
This world we've brought you into,

1049
01:01:54,280 --> 01:01:56,600
it'll be better than
the one we had, won't it?

1050
01:01:57,440 --> 01:01:59,440
-You don't want a drink? Water?
-Wawa!

1051
01:02:00,680 --> 01:02:02,400
-Water?
-I hope so, my girl.

1052
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:05,880
-What is it?
-Yeah?

1053
01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:08,400
Rosario and Alfonso
murdered their daughter.

1054
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:10,960
That is the official verdict
from the court today.

1055
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:17,080
It's shocking for us to think of what
kind of parent would commit such a crime.

1056
01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:20,880
Even now, we're no closer to finding out
what really happened to the young girl…

1057
01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:07,560
ROSARIO PORTO AND ALFONSO BASTERRA
WERE SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON

1058
01:04:07,640 --> 01:04:10,080
FOR COLLABORATING IN THE MURDER
OF THEIR DAUGHTER ASUNTA

1059
01:04:19,720 --> 01:04:22,040
BOTH THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN GALICIA

1060
01:04:22,120 --> 01:04:24,280
AND THE SUPREME COURT
RATIFIED THE SENTENCE.

1061
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:26,880
THEY CONSIDERED
ALL THE JUDGED FACTS TO BE PROVEN,

1062
01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:30,560
EXCEPT FOR THE FACT OF ALFONSO
BEING IN THE HOUSE IN MONTOUTO

1063
01:04:40,080 --> 01:04:43,160
AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS,
ROSARIO PORTO COMMITTED SUICIDE

1064
01:04:43,240 --> 01:04:45,840
IN THE PRISON OF BRIEVA, ÁVILA,
ON NOVEMBER 18, 2020.

1065
01:04:45,920 --> 01:04:49,280
BEFORE THEN, SHE HAD PLACED
AN OBITUARY IN THE NEWSPAPER EVERY YEAR,

1066
01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:50,960
IN HONOR OF HER DAUGHTER.

1067
01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:03,560
ALFONSO BASTERRA WILL REMAIN
IN PRISON UNTIL THE YEAR 2031.

1068
01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:06,640
HE HAS DECLARED HE WILL SERVE
HIS SENTENCE UNTIL THE LAST DAY

1069
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:08,200
AS PROOF OF HIS INNOCENCE.

1070
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:24,040
CHARACTERS AND SCENES ARE DRAMATIZED.

1071
01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:27,040
POLICE AND COURT STORYLINES
ARE ALTERED FOR NARRATIVE FLOW.