Overview
- Gisela Mercedes Yurka, 41, and her son Gabriel Saru Ovejero, 7, were found dead Friday in the bathtub of room 306 at the Hotel Ker in Buenos Aires' Recoleta neighborhood.
- Initial autopsy results indicate the child died by drowning with hypoglycemia, while the mother died through a mixed mechanism involving hypoglycemia, self-inflicted cuts, and asphyxia.
- Peritos documented 11 cutting wounds on Yurka’s forearms and two on her neck judged to be self-inflicted, consistent with the evolving reconstruction of events.
- Scene processing recorded significant blood, a scalpel placed in a soap dish, and insulin with syringes, and examiners noted reddish-brown foam in the boy’s airways consistent with asphyxia by submersion.
- Fiscalía Criminal Correccional Nº59, led by Laura Belloqui, is leading the inquiry as final autopsy conclusions, additional lab tests, and witness interviews proceed.