65 that the right to the psychological and moral integrity of the victims´next of kin has been violated as a result of the additional suffering they have endured due to the specific circumstances of the violations committed against their beloved persons and to the subsequent actions or failure to act by the State officials regarding such facts.128 157. After examining the circumstances of the case, based on the American Convention, and in the light of the principle of iura novit curia, the Court deems the suffering endured by Ms. Albertina Viana-Lopes, mother of Mr. Damião XimenesLopes, to be proven due to the treatment given to her son by the State, as a result of which her son died. It was she who left her son under the State custody at the Casa de Reposo Guararapes since he was ill and she expected that he would recover there. Notwithstanding, three days after his admission, she found him in extremely bad conditions, but was unable to do anything for him. She learnt about his death when she arrived home after leaving him in said institution. This made her very sad and caused her great pain. After her son´s death, she has suffered from deep depression and health problems. In this regard, at the public hearing before the Court her daughter Irene Ximenes-Lopes-Miranda declared that: [her mother] had her life completely ruined, she still suffers from depression and says she wants to die, she has lost the will to continue living, had nervous gastritis and, consequently, a duodenal ulcer which […] was extremely hard to treat […]. 158. Likewise, in accordance with the specific characteristics of the case, the Court deems it necessary to examine the situation of Mr. Francisco Leopoldino Lopes, father of Mr. Damião Ximenes-Lopes, of Mrs. Irene Ximenes-Lopes-Miranda and of Mr. Cosme Ximenes-Lopes, sister and brother respectively of the alleged victim, since according to the arguments filed by the representatives and Mrs. Irene Ximenes-Lopes-Miranda, among the relatives of Mr. Damião Ximenes-Lopes, his mother and father, as well as the above mentioned sister and brother in particular, were the affectionately closest persons to him. 159. The Court deems to be proven that the victim´s father, Mr. Francisco Leopoldino Lopes, who, though being separated from Mr. Damião XimenesLopes´mother had not broken up the family ties with his son (supra para. 111(71)), endured suffering and distress. Mr. Francisco Leopoldino Lopes experienced suffering because of the death of his son, who was very young when he died, and according to the statements given by Mrs. Irene Ximenes-Lopes-Miranda before the Court, lived eager for revenge for a long time. 160. Besides the distress and sadness caused by her brother´s death, his sister suffered psychological consequences, such as depression for over three years, which affected her relationship with the family and prevented her from breastfeeding her newly-born daughter. She further terminated an employment contract which was to expire on December 31, 2004. She has endured permanent suffering and has relived the circumstances of the death of her brother, Damião Ximenes-Lopes, before judicial and human rights bodies, since she committed herself to find out the truth and obtain justice concerning these facts, wherefore she has actively taken part in 128 Cf. Case of Baldeón-García, supra note 4, paras. 128; Case of López-Álvarez, supra note 121, para. 119; and Case of the Pueblo Bello Massacre, supra note 25, para. 154.