torres also argues in "el crimen del siglo" that evidence shows that roa sierra's family were supporters of gaitán and that roa sierra himself very likely was a pro-gaitán activist in the elections of 1946, which would have been the reason the police reportedly found in his house lots of campaign buttons with the face of the political leader. roa sierra's former lover, maría de jesús forero, with whom he had a daughter, was reported by newspaper "el tiempo" as saying that he used to listen to gaitán's conferences on the radio.