Óscar David Reyes received a call at the beginning of December, offering him the opportunity to travel to Canada to deepen his knowledge and experiences. So he quickly made the decision to pack his bags and get on a plane.

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Despite his desire to discover new places, he assured his granddaughter Isabella that he would return on the 24th of the same month to spend Christmas together.

He traveled to Vancouver on December 8. As a good Colombian, at 6 a.m. he gets up and writes his last message to his father: “Cuchito, I like him very much. Have a nice day”.

Two minutes later he disconnected and nothing more was known about him.

His family reported him missing, but, as As his father Gustavo Reyes said, the attitude of the New Westminster police was negligent.

According to El Tiempo, despite the urgency that the family put in finding Óscar Reyes, those responsible for the investigation did not begin until several days later, because initially They searched for a man with an incorrect description, which became a mistake when the body was discovered.

He On December 29, they were informed that they had found a blue suitcase, like the one he had, floating in it Cleveland Dam and the On January 2, they found his body thanks to a citizen's observation.

We will have to wait until January 8 for the authorities to reveal the contents of the suitcase: Oscar's computer, his camera and some clothes.

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Óscar David Reyes would have died by accident

To prove that the body found belonged to Óscar David Reyes, his father had to send a DNA test, but, as always, the waiting times were longer and 28 days later it was proven that he was was the 28-year-old young man.

The family is now waiting for the results of the autopsy, which will arrive in six months, that is to say around August. However, According to analyzes carried out by the morgue, it could be an accidental fall, published El Tiempo.

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