Overview
- Matilda López Sanzetenea, 18, died after falling from a second-floor balcony on Defensa 300 in San Telmo shortly after midnight, and she was later pronounced dead at Hospital Argerich.
- Her boyfriend, identified as Nahuel Castillo, 18, remains in custody; police noted scratch marks on his back and he declined to testify when given the chance late last week.
- The case file moved from attempted homicide to homicide following her death under Judge Manuel de Campos of National Criminal and Correctional Court No. 5.
- A nearby commercial camera captured the fall, and prosecutors are analyzing the video along with forensic findings and accounts from people who aided the victim at the scene.
- Family members and friends urge that the case be treated as femicide, citing alleged prior harassment and controlling behavior in Bolivia and Buenos Aires; the victim’s father has joined the case as a complainant.