Overview
- Her son discovered Liliana Felisa Hernández, 88, dead inside her Chacras de Coria home on Monday and emergency crews confirmed her death at the scene.
- The body showed multiple wounds consistent with dog bites while the autopsy also found a significant head injury, prompting investigators to consider a fall or medical event as an alternative sequence.
- By order of the Ministerio Público Fiscal, Policía Científica, Policía Rural and the Unidad Investigativa Departamental conducted on‑scene peritajes and are compiling forensic evidence to establish the timing and cause of the injuries.
- Police Rural seized the family’s pitbull and transported it to a municipal deposit in Brandsen where Zoonosis will perform sanitary and behavioral evaluations; the son has reportedly consented to euthanasia but any action awaits judicial review and the forensic reports.
- The case will hinge on forensic timing of the wounds under Mendoza’s Law 7.633, which sets licensing and possible measures for dogs deemed dangerous, and it has renewed local concern about recent serious attacks by large breeds.