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Autopsy Confirms Fatal Chest Wound in Puerto Madryn Nightclub Killing as Teen Suspect Remains Detained

Prosecutors ordered three months of preventive detention for a 17-year-old suspect pending forensic analysis of seized evidence.

Overview

  • Police say a 16-year-old was stabbed during an early-morning fight inside Cleopatra Disco and later died after emergency surgery.
  • The autopsy found at least three cutting wounds, with a deep stab to the chest that struck the heart and caused internal bleeding.
  • Officers recovered a knife at the scene that investigators are assessing as the possible weapon.
  • Criminalistics teams secured security-camera recordings from inside and outside the club and interviewed witnesses to reconstruct the incident.
  • During the opening hearing, the suspect was placed in preventive detention for three months as prosecutor Alex Williams advances the case.