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Mar del Plata Woman, 64, Found Dead After Poisoning Ten Dogs as Prosecutor Opens Death Inquiry

Officials have opened a death inquiry, with forensic work under way.

Overview

  • Police discovered the woman and her ten dogs dead inside a home on Calle 200 between 11 and 9 in the Parque Hermoso neighborhood.
  • Her sister went to the property after a phone call, found the resident barricaded, and alerted emergency services.
  • SAME ambulance personnel attempted to resuscitate the woman without success, and the dogs showed signs consistent with intoxication.
  • Prosecutor Alejandro Pellegrinelli opened a case labeled “Averiguación causales de muerte” and directed Policía Científica to conduct examinations.
  • Forensic teams documented the scene and moved the body to the morgue, and initial reporting notes no known prior psychiatric history as investigators seek to establish the causes and motive.