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Prosecutors Seek Life Sentence for Domestic Worker in Pilar Killing

Prosecutors base the request on her courtroom confession plus forensic findings indicating ligature asphyxia.

Overview

  • Fiscal Laura Capra asked TOC No. 4 in San Isidro to impose life imprisonment on Rosalía Paniagua for the February 22, 2024 killing of Roberto Eduardo Wolfenson in La Delfina, Pilar.
  • Paniagua confessed in open court, saying “Se me fue todo de las manos,” while her defense maintains she intended to steal but not to kill and seeks a lesser conviction for homicide on occasion of robbery.
  • An autopsy concluded death by ligature asphyxia, investigators reported Paniagua’s DNA under the victim’s nails, and crime‑scene hairs were consistent with a struggle.
  • Evidence cited includes missing cash and valuables, cameras showing her departure from the gated community, later manipulation and attempted sale of the victim’s phone, and the sale of a Menorah‑style candelabrum.
  • After a leaked recording of the confession, the tribunal banned in‑court audio and video, rejected a defense motion to nullify the trial, sanctioned a lawyer over the leak, and set November 20 for the verdict.