Overview
- Police found María Itatí Yossen, the recently titularized vice-principal of Escuela Especial Nº 2009, dead on a bed in an upstairs room and her ex-partner, Fabio Firmapaz, hanged near a staircase in the same house.
- Family members lost contact with Yossen after she left home early and alerted authorities, and an initial police reconstruction says Firmapaz allegedly summoned her to his residence around 7 a.m.
- Judicial authorities opened the case under the working hypothesis of a femicide followed by suicide, but investigators are treating that as unconfirmed until autopsy and PDI peritajes are completed.
- One investigative line being examined is possible asphyxia with a pillow or similar object, though officials say forensic results will be decisive for establishing cause of death.
- The school community and the teachers’ union AMSAFE have expressed deep grief, pressed for clarity from the justice system, and said the case underscores wider concern over violence against women in the province.