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Autopsy Points to Manual Suffocation in Death of 9-Year-Old Diana Gómez Russo

Pending lab results will guide charging versus psychiatric care.

Overview

  • A three-doctor medical board concluded the child died from manual suffocation, with no visible external injuries and an estimated 12 hours since death.
  • Prosecutor Mariano Gómez received partial necropsy findings as the case proceeds under the Gender and Intrafamily Violence Unit.
  • Two forensic psychiatrists found the mother, María de los Ángeles Russo, in a psychotic state, leading to her transfer under custody to the El Polear mental-health center.
  • Histopathology and toxicology analyses are pending after blood and stomach contents were collected to check for medications or toxic substances.
  • TN reports the mother told officers she gave her daughter clonazepam the previous night, a claim investigators aim to evaluate through the laboratory tests.