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Prosecutor Seeks To Question Lotocki as Suspect in Silvina Luna’s Death

Forensic findings link banned PMMA injections to fatal hypercalcemia, prompting prosecutors to argue that an omission to mitigate the damage proved decisive.

Overview

  • Prosecutor Pablo Turano asked a judge to summon Aníbal Lotocki for indagatoria as criminally responsible for Luna’s death, framing the case under homicide simple (Article 79).
  • The filing cites expert conclusions that Luna died of multiorgan failure from severe hypercalcemia attributed to polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) injections administered in 2011–2012.
  • Attorney Fernando Burlando, representing Luna’s brother, said the autopsy detected high levels of metacrylate throughout her body and formally tied the substance to the fatal outcome.
  • Turano argues Lotocki incurred a duty to take positive steps to neutralize the risk he created and that his failure to act was determinative in the death.
  • Lotocki remains in preventive detention at Ezeiza in a separate homicide case involving patient Rodolfo Christian Zárate, and his eight-year conviction for fraud and serious injuries was confirmed earlier this year.