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Man Arrested, Charged in Double Homicide of Partner and 11-Month-Old in La Matanza

Specialized prosecutors have taken over the case with forensic results still pending.

Overview

  • Police found Agustina (Gimena Agustina) Cardozo and her baby, Dominic, dead with cut wounds inside their González Catán home after relatives reported losing contact.
  • An urgent court‑authorized search at the Matienzo 5500 address followed a complaint to the gender‑violence prosecutor, and emergency personnel confirmed the deaths at the scene.
  • Luis Oscar Acosta Abbruzzese, 33, the partner and father, was identified on security cameras, tried to flee near the home, and was detained within hours.
  • He has been formally charged with aggravated double homicide, and the investigation is now led by homicide and gender‑violence prosecutorial units.
  • Clarín reports preliminary autopsy findings indicating strangulation and subsequent stabbing of the woman and a fatal neck wound to the infant, details that remain unconfirmed pending official forensic results; the suspect refused to testify and has no prior recorded complaints, according to reporting.