As of today, at dawn of May 1121, Greece was frozen in front of a heinous crime that not only shocked for its violencebut also for the cold of the perpetrator. The sweet water case was not just a feminine. It was a macabre directing that for 37 days kept the whole society in confusion and emotion until the horrible background was revealed.
Time rolled. Little Lydia grew up. Her father, the man who hugged her a few minutes after her mother’s assassination, remains incarcerated in Malandrinou prisons. Her grandmother, Caroline’s mother, is now growing up in the Philippines, trying to offer her something of the innocence that she was so violently deprived of her.
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A society that believed in a role
Perhaps the most disturbing element of the case was not the act of the murder itself, as the way it was attempted to be concealed. For more than a month, the killer lived in his own lie, making a story of robbery that exploited human fear and credibility. He cried publicly, interviewed, expressing his “sadness”. Everything, a perfectly played theater.
When she finally confessed, the rage overflowed. Not only for crime, but also for manipulation. Public opinion, friends and relatives of Caroline, and even the media who made him a “tragic wife”.
The carolian’s stockpile
Caroline was not just a victim. She was a young girl, just 20 years old, who lived a nightmare behind the doors of a “ideal” life. Her diary, later revealed, shed light on a daily routine of fear, manipulation and oppression. Her case gave voice to thousands of women in similar relations and urged the term “female” on the political and legal agenda.
Lydia grows elsewhere
Today, the couple’s little daughter, Lydia Krits, is far from Greece. Her surname is that of her mother. She grows up next to a woman who lost her daughter in the most horrible way, but did not abandon her own child – Lydia. The court’s ruling to remove custody from the father was self -evident, but morally invaluable. Time, however, cannot erase the images, nor the wounds.
Four years later, nothing has been forgotten
The hypothesis of sweet water remains a point of reference to date. Not only how truth can be hidden behind a “quiet mask”, but also how society needs more education, protection and awakening against violence against women.
The four -year anniversary is not just a reminder of the past. It is a loud exhortation so as not to sink again into apathy. To hear, to observe, to protect. And to remember that behind every “happy” profile, a cry can be hidden that no one wants to hear.