Overview

• The victim was identified as Mirta Córdoba, 68, after a daughter reported bloodstains and a knife in the patio around midday.
• Firefighters joined local police at a Sargento Cabral address and located the body in a cistern about four meters deep.
• Local hospital physician Angélica Fernández Longoni confirmed the death at the scene.
• A 40-year-old woman who worked as Córdoba’s domiciliary caregiver was detained at the residence and placed at the prosecutor’s disposal.
• The Judicial Scientific Cabinet from Resistencia and a police medical examiner were called to conduct forensic tests.