Overview

• The child was brought to Hospital de Niños Víctor J. Vilela on Saturday with convulsions, severe pain and difficulty walking, and died minutes after arrival with a diagnosis of severe generalized sepsis.
• Emergency staff observed possible genital lesions and notified police, placing the case under prosecutor Marisol Fabbro of the Equipo Fiscal de Violencias Altamente Lesivas.
• The mother and her partner were initially detained and had their phones seized as evidence, then were released and remain under judicial inquiry.
• Preliminary forensic checks were inconclusive regarding the origin of the lesions, leading to an autopsy with complementary and anatomopathological studies at the Instituto Médico Legal.
• A subsequent forensic report to the fiscalía found no signs of sexual abuse and recorded severe malnutrition, while the source of the infection and the cause of the lesions remain undetermined.