The shocking testimony of Myrto’s mother, the last “I love you,” and how she learned about her child’s death

In her testimony, Myrto’s parent described her girl arsenic a humble and benignant miss who was studying to go a laboratory adjunct astatine a vocational institute (IEK) successful Argostoli.

“My small Myrto was a modest, benignant child, a church-going child, an carnal lover, a homebody. She didn’t spell retired much, lone walked her canine each day, she didn’t portion alcohol. When she finished precocious school, my hubby and I didn’t privation her to spell to Athens to survey due to the fact that we were disquieted astir the dangers and transgression of a large city. We didn’t archer her straight truthful arsenic not to power her. Through our household discussions, and due to the fact that she ever listened to america and said we were the champion parents, she herself decided to enactment successful Kefalonia and proceed her studies here. Since she loved the healthcare field, she was besides reasoning of becoming a societal worker. I wanted to springiness her the best, to person degrees; I told her acquisition cannot beryllium taken distant from you. We decided she would survey laboratory adjunct astatine the IEK successful Argostoli. This was her archetypal year; she had 1 much twelvemonth left, past internship. She was precise blessed with her school.”

She added that Myrto was ever accompanied by her begetter to and from school, and had lone 1 adjacent friend. She had precocious started seeing a boy, with whom she had met astir 10 times successful total.

“I knew she was going retired with her boyfriend”

The parent testified that connected the nighttime of Easter Monday she knew her girl was going retired for a mean locomotion with her boyfriend, with nary denotation thing antithetic would happen.

“On Easter Monday astir 21:55 we were each astatine location erstwhile Myrto came retired of her country and asked if she was dressed nicely. I knew she was going retired with D., but her begetter didn’t cognize astir the relationship; helium was precise strict. I near for my nighttime displacement astatine the infirmary astatine 22:00. As I was leaving, I saw D.’s car extracurricular the house, waiting for Myrto, but I didn’t talk to him.”

She described the begetter arsenic overprotective and said Myrto had a precise beardown affectional enslaved with him.

Last connection and the trans acquaintance

The parent besides spoke astir her past speech with her girl and a trans idiosyncratic Myrto had been successful interaction with, who was with her connected the fatal night.

“I didn’t cognize S.T. astatine all. I had lone seen him doubly connected video calls erstwhile Myrto was speaking to him. He wore a hood, had painted lips and eyes, and Myrto told maine helium was a lad who dressed arsenic a woman. I trusted Myrto completely; we had nary secrets.”

She said she believes Myrto was guiltless and was manipulated.

“I judge they wanted to sexually exploit her, movie her to blackmail her. My kid had nary engagement with drugs, she didn’t adjacent drink. If she took drugs that night, she was forced oregon they enactment thing successful her drink.”

She besides claimed she was aboriginal told that Myrto had argued connected societal media with the trans person, who allegedly had sworn to termination her.

“I judge helium did not travel to the land for Easter, but with a plan. He convinced Myrto to publication a room. Myrto had nary wealth of her own. I judge helium persuaded her to publication the country successful her sanction truthful his details wouldn’t appear. Maybe she didn’t recognize what was happening astatine that moment.”

She described their past messages:

“At 02:27 a.m. I texted her ‘I emotion you precise much’ and she replied ‘Mom, I’m out, we booked a spot with S.T.’ I asked her ‘With whom?’ She said ‘my friend.’ I told her I emotion her and to beryllium careful. At 02:51 a.m. was our past exchange. I had nary thought thing atrocious would happen.”

How she learned her girl had died

She past described the infinitesimal she was informed of her daughter’s death.

“The adjacent greeting I was astatine location erstwhile I received a telephone from a infirmary caregiver who told maine to travel instantly but wouldn’t accidental why. I rushed there. I realized thing was incorrect erstwhile I saw their faces. I was fixed sedatives. I asked them to prevention my child, I said they should instrumentality my bosom and springiness it to her. I ran to my child. I retrieve their frozen expressions and them saying ‘unfortunately…’ but I couldn’t judge she was gone.”

“She didn’t adjacent person her ain slope account”

She besides stated that Myrto did not person her ain slope relationship and utilized her mother’s.

“She was a co-holder of my account. I could spot each her transactions. After her death, I saw a transportation of 220 euros. Myrto knew I could spot everything, truthful she would person had to warrant it to me. I don’t cognize if she was persuaded oregon if she wasn’t successful a authorities to recognize what she was doing.”