Overview
- Hotel staff forced entry nearly a day after check-in and found a 27-year-old man hanging and a 47-year-old woman unresponsive on the floor.
- The pair had reportedly been in a relationship for about a year and were discovered in a room at the Ruta 38 lodging in Valle Hermoso.
- Judicial authorities say the principal working hypothesis is a femicide followed by suicide, subject to confirmation by pending autopsies and technical tests.
- Investigators seized a cellphone showing signs of destruction for forensic analysis to reconstruct the hours before the deaths.
- The case is led by Cosquín prosecutor Paula Kelm under secrecy orders, with reports noting prior threats complaints and a restraining order that was allegedly breached.