Overview
- Prosecutors Javier Di Santo, Daniel Miralles and Luis Pizarro filed written defenses before Córdoba’s Jurado de Enjuiciamiento, which will decide next week whether to open a jury process that could lead to their suspension and a 2026 trial.
- New forensic testing identified genetic material on the bathrobe belt and a pubic hair as compatible with worker Roberto Marcos Bárzola, who had been doing floor work at the Dalmasso home.
- A Río Cuarto chamber granted Bárzola a total dismissal on prescription, ruling the criminal action time‑barred at least since November 2021 and rejecting a proposed truth‑seeking trial.
- The family and private prosecutors appealed the prescription ruling, preparing a cassation to the Córdoba Superior Court and signaling they could take the case to international bodies.
- The homicide file is prescribed after 15 years with no convictions, as earlier lines of inquiry cycled through other suspects and ended with widower Marcelo Macarrón’s 2022 acquittal by a jury.