Mario Cesar Frieiro

Case record: Mario Cesar Frieiro

Background

Mario Cesar Frieiro was an Argentine murderer.

The offence

Frieiro had a discussion with his wife and attacked her with a handkerchief. He strangled and murdered his wife while the little son of the couple was watching the crime. After murdering his wife, Frieiro buried his wife under his bed and threatened to his son that he should never say anything about the crime.

Investigation

The boy did not say anything until 2005, when he was a teenager. The boy, now a teenager, broke down crying with his girlfriend and confessed that his father had murdered his mother. Four hours later, Frieiro was arrested and accused of murder. When the son told the police, police went to Frieiro’s house and found the remains of a woman under Frieiro’s bed. Frieiro was officially arrested and accused of murder.

Trial

The trial began in October 2007.

During one month, evidence was presented against Frieiro. The principal evidence was the testimony of his son, who was a witness of the murder of his own mother. Frieiro confessed the crime.

FRIEIRO: - "I loved her. For this I wanted that she returned with me and I forgave her at all times. But the life together with her was impossible. We had discussions at all times...at all times, but I was in love and I wanted that she returned with me. That night (was raining), I was cooking something while I was with Pablito (my son); at a moment, she enters to the house and came to me. So, I asked her: 'Where were you'? and she answered me: 'What's it matter to you?!' and she began to throw things against me. I had prepared the food, she throw the pan with oil against me, I burned me and in a moment, I was in a dangerous discussion." "If you ask me if I murdered her with a gun, I don't know. If I stabbed her, I don't know. If she died by heart attack, I don't know. If I strangled her, I don't know. I got out, I had not cigarettes; I returned to the house and she was dead. I tried to save her, but she was dead. I spent three or four hours with the body but...... she was dead, hard and white like a paper."

Sentencing

On November 26, 2007, Frieiro was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Outcome

Frieiro was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole on November 26, 2007.

Timeline

• 1998 — Frieiro discussed with his wife, attacked her with a handkerchief, strangled and murdered her, and buried her under his bed while their son watched.
• 2005 — The son, as a teenager, confessed to his father’s murder of his mother; police arrested Frieiro four hours later after finding the remains of a woman under Frieiro’s bed.
• October 2007 — The trial began.
• November 26, 2007 — Frieiro was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.

Other details

Frieiro’s motive to his son was that he should never say anything about the crime.