Overview

• After a September 18 traffic fatality in Córdoba province, a woman identified the victim by clothing and traits, and authorities released the body for a weekend wake.
• The supposed deceased, 22, arrived at the service alive and said he had been drinking for days in Alderetes, leading police to question him as the body was returned to the morgue.
• Forensic checks confirmed the deceased as Maximiliano Enrique Acosta, 28, from Delfín Gallo, and his family held a funeral on September 23.
• Acosta’s relatives allege officials first showed them a different body and complain the handover occurred without proper identification.
• Prosecutors classified the crash as negligent homicide, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened an internal investigation into the identification and release errors.