Overview
- Melanie Aldaz, 19, was reported missing by her family after she was last seen on June 25 in Monte Caseros and the Policía de Corrientes activated a missing-person protocol.
- Public and private security cameras and testimony from the civic group Ángeles del Puente placed a young woman at the side of the General Manuel Belgrano interprovincial bridge around 20:50, and those recordings were added to Fiscalía N°2’s case file.
- Melanie’s parents told prosecutors they recognized her in the bridge footage and the Prefectura Naval Argentina has led intensified searches in the Paraná River with support from regional fluvial units, yet no body or definitive trace has been found.
- Family members say Melanie filed a complaint the day before she vanished accusing her boyfriend of gender-based violence, and relatives reported receiving a message that sounded like a farewell; investigators have opened multiple hypotheses but have not confirmed a cause.
- The investigation remains active with judicial authorities collecting camera footage, witness statements and forensic leads, and the family is pressing for fuller access to evidence as search teams continue operations along the river and banks.