Overview
- The fall occurred just after midnight Sunday from the balcony of Department No. 2 on the second floor of a building on Defensa 300 in San Telmo.
- Matilda López Sanzetenea was taken to Hospital Argerich with severe head injuries, underwent emergency surgery, and later died.
- Judge Manuel de Campos of Criminal and Correctional Court No. 5, through Secretariat 116 led by Tamara Martínez, ordered the 18-year-old boyfriend’s detention and the sealing of the unit.
- Police observed scratch-like injuries on the detainee’s back at the scene, according to the initial report.
- Her family urges the case be investigated as a femicide, citing a controlling relationship, as authorities collect forensic evidence and witness statements.