Overview
- Daniel Oscar Quinteros, 58, was found unresponsive in a La Banda home and emergency personnel pronounced him dead after a call on Tuesday, officials said.
- Public prosecutor Ximena Jerez ordered an urgent autopsy and forensic pericia while specialists seized cellphones and other items from the scene for analysis.
- A 45‑year‑old woman who was with Quinteros when he collapsed is a key witness and has been interviewed by police at the prosecutor's request.
- Investigators say the preliminary medical hypothesis points to a possible cardiac arrest but the body has not been released to the family pending complementary tests.
- Quinteros had recently drawn national attention for funding the 13‑metre cement statue with red‑lit eyes and his death has left unresolved legal disputes over the eight‑hectare predio and the monument’s future.