Overview
- The bodies of Gisela Mercedes Yurka, 41, and her son, 7-year-old Gabriel Saru Ovejero, were found Friday in the bathtub of room 306 at the Hotel Ker in Recoleta after they failed to check out.
- Preliminary autopsies report the child died by drowning with hypoglycemia, while the mother died through a mixed mechanism involving hypoglycemia, multiple self-inflicted cuts, and drowning.
- Investigators indicate the boy appears to have died before his mother, based on early forensic assessments.
- Police documented significant blood at the scene along with a surgical blade, insulin, and syringes found in the bathroom.
- Fiscalía Criminal Correccional 59 under prosecutor Laura Belloqui is leading the inquiry, with toxicology and additional investigative steps pending after an earlier community search for the pair.