Overview

• The victim, identified as 40-year-old José Emilio Parrada, struck a low-hanging cable at the Soler and Marcelo T. de Alvear intersection around 9 p.m. on July 14.
• Investigators formally recast the case as a homicide under Fiscalía Nº 1, placing it in the hands of Fiscal María Florencia Salas.
• Policía Científica seized 40 meters of fiber-optic cable from the scene, noting that it was tangled in the motorcycle.
• An autopsy set for July 15 will reconstruct the mechanics of the collision and clarify the cause of death.
• Prosecutors will probe whether the cable was part of nearby works, negligently left in place or intentionally installed.