Overview
- A judge in San Isidro, Ricardo Costa, ordered preventive detention at the request of prosecutor José Amallo, who charged the 50-year-old legal official with aggravated homicide of her mother and attempted aggravated homicide of her teenage son.
- The events unfolded on April 7, 2026 in Don Torcuato after the woman phoned her sister at 3:40 a.m. saying, “Me mandé una cagada” and that police were outside.
- Police found the 79-year-old victim on a bed with a pillow over her face, and an autopsy concluded mechanical asphyxia caused by two sock-like stockings, with blood on her face, nape, and hands indicating a struggle.
- The boy, 14 at the time, escaped and called 911, reporting his mother tried to strangle him and shove papers in his mouth, while a neighbor also called after hearing screams and noises of a fight.
- The accused, who works at the Economic Criminal Appeals Court and was on psychiatric leave after a prior wrist-cutting episode in Escobar, is held at the Melchor Romero prison as experts prepare psychological and psychiatric tests requested by the prosecutor.