Overview

• The autopsy report found hematomas, equimosis, cuts and partial ear amputations resulting in traumatic encephalocranial injury and hypovolemic shock
• Investigators have identified at least three of four neighboring pitbulls as the likely source of the fatal wounds
• Prosecutor Fernando Padovan of Unidad Funcional de Instrucción N°12 has formally imputed the dogs’ owners for imprudence under negligent homicide statutes
• Authorities collected DNA samples from the pitbulls to match with wound evidence as part of the ongoing forensic peritajes
• The case has raised questions about loose guard dogs in La Plata’s quinteros communities and the enforcement of rural animal control laws