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US family seeks justice in the death of daughter 7 years ago in Colombia
The complaint says Colombia failed to prevent and investigate gender-based violence, and the family says priority review could cut wait time from a year to weeks.
- Seven years after Kelly Knight was found dead in Medellin, Colombia, her family submitted a request last week to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking it to prioritize their complaint alleging Colombia failed to prevent and investigate gender-based violence.
- Kelly, then 34, was found lifeless in her apartment by her husband, Esteban Camilo Bedoya Restrepo, in 2019; the case remains a suspected femicide with no one formally charged or detained.
- "We had no satisfaction in Colombia," Lee Goodpaster Knight, the victim's mother, told The Associated Press from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Attorney Ignacio Álvarez Martínez requested priority status to expedite the Commission's review from one year to weeks.
- The impunity rate for gender-based violence in Colombia exceeds 90%, according to Susana Mejía, coordinator of the National Women's Network of Colombia. The Colombian Femicide Observatory documented 872 femicides in 2024 and 621 between January and September 2025.
- Ignacio Álvarez Martínez, the family's attorney, said Kelly's case seeks to establish a precedent for Colombia to adopt a "comprehensive state policy" aimed at preventing femicides. Officials added that police orders are currently being executed in the ongoing inquiry.
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US family seeks justice in the death of daughter 7 years ago in Colombia
Seven years after U.S. citizen Kelly Knight was found dead in Medellín, Colombia, her family seeks international legal help, claiming the Colombian justice system has failed them.
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