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Prosecutors Probe UBA Student’s Death After Fall Inside Medical School

Prosecutors await forensic results to determine how the fall occurred.

Overview

  • The Nutrition student was found injured in the stairwell area of the UBA Faculty of Medicine building and later died at Hospital Fernández.
  • Fiscalía Nacional en lo Criminal y Correccional No. 28, led by Patricio Lugones, is handling the case under the provisional label of averiguación de muerte dudosa.
  • Accounts differ on key facts, with reports variously citing a fall from the seventh or second floor and the victim’s age as 30 or 27.
  • An autopsy is in progress and results are expected to be delivered to the prosecutor, with a further report anticipated after analysis, according to La Nación.
  • The faculty expressed condolences, declared a day of mourning, offered psychological support, and asked for sensitive coverage while limiting public statements.