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Necochea Search for Missing Camper Intensifies as Partner Held on Femicide Charge

Preventive detention followed a prosecutorial filing citing bloodied clothing and suspected drag marks.

Overview

  • Débora Damaris Bulacio Del Valle remains missing as more than 80 officers, Civil Defense teams and canine units conduct sweeping searches in and around Parque Miguel Lillo and coastal areas.
  • Prosecutor Walter Pierrestegui imputed Ángel Andrés Gutiérrez for homicide aggravated by the relationship and gender violence, and Judge Aída Lhez ordered preventive detention.
  • Investigators seized clothing and footwear with apparent blood stains near the campsite and reported canine alerts and signs consistent with dragging in a searched sector.
  • The camping night watchman said he heard a violent argument overnight and later saw the man leave alone on Sunday morning, after which the woman did not check out.
  • Family members say the last contact was a Saturday-night audio to her daughter saying “te amo,” and police report the detainee tried to hitchhike out of Necochea before his arrest and then refused to testify.