Overview
- Judicial experts in Río Negro confirmed by fingerprint analysis that the remains belong to 32-year-old Héctor Lucas Llamani.
- Investigators say Llamani jumped into the river to escape after being caught trying to take items from a parked truck in Parque del Este on May 20.
- His mother filed a missing-person report on May 25 and multi-agency searches by police, Prefectura, firefighters and tactical divers continued until remains were found on June 12.
- Because the body was recovered on the Río Negro bank the criminal case moved to Río Negro courts and the theft prosecution is effectively ended by his death while inquiries into how he died remain open.
- Police also reported a separate Bariloche arrest where agents seized devices allegedly used to defeat vehicle locks, a development that underscores regional efforts to tackle vehicle theft techniques.