Yéremi Vargas disappearance updates: his medical record could reveal the culprit

The case of Yéremi Vargas could begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel. In a court order issued on June 24, the judge has required the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS) to send the complete medical record of the missing boy. The goal is to analyze the data regarding the alleged cyanosis that the minor suffered from, which could point to "Rubio" as the alleged culprit.

This measure was already requested four years ago, but the judge considers that the record provided "is not complete." In the court order, which elcierredigital.com has accessed, it is stated that "only 3 hospital admissions in pediatrics and neonatology are recorded." There was also an isolated report from the Neuropediatrics Service.

The judge replied through this order to the accusation, represented by Marcos García Montes, who requested new measures in the investigation. The lawyer for Yéremi's family has stated to elcierredigital.com that "everything depends on whether the boy had cyanosis that day." "The only one who said he was there that day is 'Rubio', without anyone asking him, and he also says the boy was cyanotic," he continues.

The main suspect is Antonio Ojeda, known as 'Rubio', due to the account of a cellmate who claims to have heard incriminating details. The boy's family also claim that the suspect knew Yéremi suffered from cyanosis, something that supposedly only they knew.

This condition caused the boy, at times of stress or due to lack of oxygen, to have bluish-colored skin. "On ten occasions, the mother has said that her son was cyanotic," says García Montes. For this reason, Court of First Instance No. 2 of San Bartolomé de Tirajana has urgently requested the complete medical record.

"We have five reports that he had to go to the doctor," says the lawyer, who states that "obstacles have been put in the way of the investigation." The popular prosecution will request that the measure be carried out under the crime of disobedience to judicial orders. It should be mentioned that last year the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Las Palmas stated that Yéremi did not suffer from any pathology.

The Expert Report

Once the medical record is obtained by SCS, the order instructs the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Las Palmas to prepare an expert report. It must be prepared by two doctors, who must address the condition of cyanosis and several aspects related to it.

In the first section, this disease will be defined, its types, causes, consequences, and how it can be perceived by others, among other aspects. Subsequently, taking into account his medical record, it will be analyzed whether Yéremi could have suffered from cyanosis.

Thirdly, it will be studied whether the bluish color of the skin can be caused by death by asphyxiation. The Institute will also have to determine whether there is any relationship between what are known as "breath-holding spells" and cyanosis.

The investigation has also incorporated an expert report prepared by the forensic doctor Manuel Francisco Carrillo Rodríguez. This document analyzes some details about Yéremi's health, who disappeared in 2007, and some interpretations of certain physiological signs.

Once the measures are taken, the judge will take a statement from Rubio as a suspect. The lawyer states that he and the family are "delighted with the order."

The Reopening of the Yéremi Vargas Case

Yéremi Vargas disappeared on March 10, 2007, when he was seven years old, in Santa Lucía de Tirajana (Gran Canaria). In 2016, the investigation pointed to Antonio Ojeda, Rubio, as the main suspect. Four years earlier, he had been convicted of a sexual offense against a minor and in prison he allegedly confessed to being responsible for the Yéremi case.

His cellmate claimed that Ojeda had admitted to him that the situation "got out of hand" and that he had to "make him disappear." However, in 2017 the case was closed due to lack of evidence until it was reopened in 2021. The family has fought all this time for the preparation of a report certifying that lack of air causes cyanosis.

Only Ojeda and the family knew that the boy suffered from this condition, which could incriminate Rubio, if proven. The new order issued by the judge opens the door for medical authorities to study this relationship. The family and the lawyer, meanwhile, have shown happiness about this turn in the case.