Overview
- Hospital staff discovered a small body on the sidewalk near a storm drain outside Hospital Horacio Cestino on Saturday morning and alerted authorities.
- UFI No. 7 of La Plata, led by prosecutor Virginia Bravo, took charge of the case as police secured the area and forensic teams began examinations.
- Investigators are considering a working hypothesis that a patient descompensated in a hospital bathroom during an ILE, expelled the fetus, and that storm-driven drainage carried the remains outside.
- Forensic experts were tasked with genetic profiling through DNA analysis to confirm the origin of the remains and with assessing gestational age.
- Officials signaled confidential handling of the case as neighbors and hospital staff expressed shock, with the inquiry continuing pending lab results.