Overview
- This week forensic analysis of the two suspects' phones concluded that the name “Max” does not correspond to any real person present at the July 16 crime scene, removing the main lead for a third participant.
- Digital examiners reconstructed messages, photos, and videos sent after the attack that earlier suggested a third accomplice but now appear to reflect an invented persona used between the two youths.
- Physical and circumstantial evidence including security‑camera footage of Cecilia walking with one accused who carried a shovel, a footwear impression at the scene, and items seized in raids continue to support investigators' theory of a planned homicide.
- The Tribunal de Apelaciones rejected the family's recusal request and confirmed prosecutor Facundo Cabral as lead, a decision that preserves the current line of inquiry as the instruction phase nears its close.
- One accused remains in the Centro de Contención Juvenil de Corrientes and the other under house arrest, and the next steps for relatives and the community are likely formal charging decisions or the formal end of instruction in the coming weeks.