A parrot may be used to give evidence in an upcoming rape and murder trial. The police believe that the bird heard its owner’s last words.
A 46-year-old woman, named Elizabeth Toledo, was raped and then killed in San Fernando, Argentina in December 2018.
A police officer who was guarding the crime scene had heard somebody say, “Ay, no, Por favour, soltame!” (“No, please, let me go!”).
When he looked inside the apartment, he found the body lying on the floor, along with a green parrot in a cage.
The cop believes that the parrot was repeating its owner’s last words while she was allegedly beaten and raped by two of her housemates.
One of the neighbours of the woman also mentioned that they heard the parrot saying, “Why did you beat me” as one of the arrested suspects fled the house, Mirror quoted local media as saying.
The parrot’s “testimony” has been included in the case file by head prosecutor Bibiana Santella.
The prosecutor’s evidence also includes a bite mark on the victim’s forearm which they said matches the bite of one of the accused’s teeth.
The autopsy report showed that the victim had been beaten, raped and strangulated. She was found lying naked in her back on a mattress on the floor.
