Overview

• Prosecutors in Concordia formally charged Laurta with homicidio criminis causa in the killing of remisero Martín Sebastián Palacio.
• Judge Gabriela Seró approved the extraction of blood, hair and nail samples for DNA comparisons and established joint jurisdictional coordination with Córdoba.
• Authorities said the working hypothesis is that Palacio was killed to steal his car and travel to Córdoba to carry out the subsequent double femicide.
• At his arrest in a Gualeguaychú hotel, police seized a Bersa .380 pistol registered to Laurta, the driver’s wallet, multiple phones, dollars and pesos.
• Laurta declined to testify as his defense reviews the file and weighs psychiatric evaluations, while he made provocative public claims about “rescuing” his son.