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Bertha Cristel Pérez Ocaña , sister of the actor Octavio Ocaña , spoke for the first time about the way she learned of the actor’s tragic death and confesses that it was she who had to recognize the body.
One week after the death of the Mexican actor which is remembered for his character as “Benito” in the series ‘Neighbors’, some versions have emerged that cast doubt on what the authorities said, who concluded that he accidentally shot himself after a chase.
It was the actor’s sister who shared during an interview published by the Exmonitores news portal that the last time she spoke with Octavio was the morning of last Friday 29 in October, hours before his death. Likewise, he assures that at no time did the police inform him of the accident that took the life of the young man of 22 years and found out about everything that happened by Nerea Godínez .
“At the moment in which This happens, apparently through social networks Nerea finds out, they begin to mark her. She first wanted to find out what had happened together with the people who were taking care of her, she moved immediately to the Lechería-Chamapa highway, she started looking, she managed to see the truck, but for her at that moment the most important thing was the body, but the body was no longer there. She begins to ask what happened, finds out from other people, never from authority, that the body was in Lomas Verdes ”, he says.
However, the actor’s fiancee did not have authorization to enter because the The body had to be recognized by a direct relative, so he spoke to her because she was the only one living in Mexico City.
“I arrive at the place, I start to ask and they tell me that I had to go to SEMEFO. They do not let me recognize the body at the moment, they ask me for characteristics, particular signs . I indicate that he had tattoos. The doctor shows me a photo of one of his tattoos, I recognize it, but I still had to see the body physically, they told me that I had to make statements first, “he recalled.
And he reiterates that at no time was the authorities notified of what happened, Therefore, despite this, he made the statements requested before recognizing the body.
“It was a very critical moment, when all this is happening and I have to recognize the body, I make the statements, I manage to recognize the body and I say Ok”.
Later, the body of his brother He was transferred to the funeral home, where he remained until his parents arrived in Mexico City.