At 5 am on December 25, Vivero's mother heard screams that woke her up. They belonged to her daughter. When he went to help her, he realized that the door was locked from the inside and he had to use a screwdriver to open it. When he did, he saw a bloody Boiani in his underwear who had come out the window. He told her to “forgive me” and “save her.” Then he ran to his parents' house, which is a few blocks away.
Paramedics treated Vivero, who had been stabbed 19 times, who died minutes later. Police found a large knife with a wooden handle lying on top of the bed and blood on the walls.
The word of the experts
The psychiatrist Diego Rochón, his colleague Stella Bocchino, the forensic doctor Guido Berro and the psychologist Gustavo Álvarez argued in their different reports that the expert opinions to the convicted person indicate that he suffers from lunar amnesia.
Bocchino, for example, emphasizes that he does not use amnesia as an excuse for not taking responsibility for his actions. “It is very graphic when he explains. He wakes me up with the blade in his hand, I went into shock. When asked to provide details about the blade and how it could have been in the bedroom, he says: that was the one that was used for roasting, it was washed and put away or was left in the drainer," he highlighted.
Álvarez highlighted that “nothing in medicine is 100%”, but the aggressor has a “very high probability” of suffering from lacunar amnesia. In his words, “black holes in memory”. He maintained that the convicted person has "impulse control" and no psychopathic traits were displayed. “On the sincerity rating scale. From 1 to 99, he has 88, it is a high index of sincerity. In the test they are valid. The answers that Boiani gave were honest," he explained.
For the Court of Appeals, this was not a reason to reduce his sentence, but instead increased it by one year –from 24 to 25 years– since they removed the aggravating factor for direct intent and convicted him of femicide. With the discount of what has already been accomplished.
