Overview
- Virginia María Franco was found dead in her City Bell home, which police described as ransacked with blood in several rooms and reported missing items including her cellphone.
- The autopsy determined she died from hypovolemic shock caused by a deep cut to the neck and documented defensive injuries on her hands and forearms.
- The case was recategorized as homicide in the context of a robbery and is being led by UFI No. 11 under prosecutor Álvaro Garganta.
- A man who discovered the body, described as a friend with access to some of Franco’s financial matters and identified in some reports as Pablo Adrián Bozza, was initially detained and had his phone seized but has not been charged according to the latest reports.
- Police are analyzing public and private security cameras, requesting phone antenna records and forensically examining electronic devices to reconstruct movements before and after the killing.