Overview
- The victims were identified as teacher Gisela Mercedes Yurka, 41, and her son Gabriel Saru Ovejero, 7, residents of González Catán.
- Hotel staff entered room 306 at the Ker Hotel after missed breakfast and check-out, finding both bodies in the bathtub.
- Initial scene checks noted no signs of forced entry or disorder, a scalpel in a soap dish, and two insulin syringes in the bathroom.
- Preliminary assessments reported multiple cutting wounds on the mother’s forearms and neck, with the child showing signs consistent with asphyxia by immersion; investigators indicated the child may have died first.
- Fiscalía Criminal y Correccional Nº59 under Laura Belloqui leads the case as an inquiry into causes of death, with multiple hypotheses under review and further forensic tests pending.