Overview
- Family members forced entry after days without contact and found Nadia Sosa, 35, and her partner, Franco Ismael Mancalla, 32, dead inside their home in Palmira’s Belgrano neighborhood.
- Prosecutors are investigating the case as a femicide followed by suicide based on the locked-house conditions and the absence of signs of outside involvement.
- Preliminary forensic work reported stab wounds on both victims and advanced decomposition indicating the killings happened days earlier.
- Neighbors reported a loud dispute early Sunday, which investigators are evaluating as a potential precursor to the violence.
- Media tallies of 2025 femicides in Mendoza differ, with Los Andes counting 10 cases and Diario Uno reporting nine as classifications are updated.