Overview
- The victim’s son discovered his 88-year-old mother dead inside her Chacras de Coria home after returning from work on Monday and called emergency services, who confirmed her death.
- Police forensic teams, Policía Rural and the local investigatory unit executed a court-ordered inspection of the scene and collected evidence to reconstruct what happened.
- Investigators found multiple lesions compatible with dog bites and removed a resident pitbull to a veterinary deposit while municipal Zoonosis is scheduled to perform a behavioral evaluation.
- The Fiscalía has ordered an autopsy and complementary forensic studies to establish whether the wounds occurred before death or were inflicted post-mortem, and those results remain pending.
- Under Mendoza law, veterinary and judicial findings will determine whether the animal is rehomed, resocialized or euthanized, and the victim’s family has expressed willingness to allow euthanasia but the final decision rests with the court.