Friend of suspect in teen's femicide reveals chilling details

Osvaldo Fachetta, a friend who lived with Claudio Barrelier, has revealed chilling details concerning the investigation into the femicide of 14-year-old Agostina Vega, who was found dead last Saturday. Fachetta's statements came before Barrelier's arrest Thursday night on charges of aggravated concealment.

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When I woke up in the morning, Claudio and I went to play football at the grounds. Melisa, Agostina, and her other son were there. We were all together.

Fachetta stated he slept in the same room that Barrelier allegedly used as a meeting space for friends and members of a local football club's supporters group. He explained that he was away from the house on the night of Agostina's disappearance. Upon his return, he noticed Barrelier had changed the bedspread on a bed. Fachetta also recounted that Agostina and her mother, Melisa Heredia, had seen Barrelier earlier that day at a football match and later at a mutual friend's birthday party.

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I heard Agostina tell Claudio not to forget to give her his phone number. Claudio didn't give it to her. Melisa was there. It remained as a request.

At the party, Fachetta overheard a crucial exchange where Agostina asked Barrelier to give her his phone number, a request Barrelier did not fulfill, with Melisa present. Fachetta stated he left the event around 7:30 p.m., while Barrelier went to a friend's house before heading home. Fachetta last saw Barrelier around 9 p.m. before finishing his shift at a kiosk early the next morning.

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I left with Claudio. We stayed at the shop and around 9 p.m. Claudio mentioned he was going to a friend's house to say hello and then he was going to his own house. After that, I didn't see him again.

Around 11 p.m. that night, Fachetta received a message from Melisa stating her daughter had gone out and had not returned. Fachetta lived in the front section of the "chorizo" house in the Cofico neighborhood, an area suspected to be where the crime occurred due to its isolation from the rest of the home where Barrelier's partner and young daughter resided. Fachetta claimed he did not return to the house that night, going directly to Heredia's home after she called him in distress about her daughter's disappearance.

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She told me her daughter had gone out and wasn't coming back.