“Te amo para siempre mi angel,” was the message that Nahir Galarza, 19, left for her boyfriend Fernando Pastorizzo, 20, moments after she fatally shot him. She posted the note on a photo in Galarza’s account that was supposed to serve as an alibi for the crime.
Authorities had her father as the principal suspect, and fearing her father could get convicted, Galarza ended up confessing. The police found Pastorizzo’s body by his motorcycle on the road to Gualeguaychú, Argentina, a city that borders Uruguay.
Pastorizzo’s body had two gunshot wounds – one on the chest and the other on the back. Authorities recovered the body on Friday, moments before she posted the photo on the social media.
Galarza, who is a law student, was the last person seen with Pastorizzo. She got called as a witness by the authorities and confessed her crime soon after.
“Enough, it was me. It was me. It was me. Take responsibility away from my father and my family,” she said. Fernando and Nahir were at her house when they decided to go to Costanera, Bolívar St. Avenida Parque, where the crime occurred.
A local spotted Pastorizzo’s body who called the police. “He was moving his mouth, he wasn’t dead,” the local said. According to the local’s testimony, he called emergency services, but by the time the ambulance arrived, 20-30 minutes after, Pastorizzo had passed away.
They weren’t the perfect couple and fought a lot in the weeks leading up to the shooting, but no one ever thought she’d do something like that.
Galarza is currently in the Psychiatry area of the Centennial Hospital but does not suffer from “psychological or mental problems,” according to prosecutor Leandro Beherán. She faces life in prison after getting charged with aggravated murder.
This article was inspired by Univision // “Te amo para siempre”: el mensaje de una joven a su novio después de matarlo a tiros