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Santa Fe Woman Found Killed as Suspected Ex-Partner Dies in Motorcycle Crash During Flight

Prosecutors ordered autopsies to verify the rider's identity, targeting a full reconstruction of the sequence.

Overview

  • Cecilia Ojeda, 40, was discovered dead in her Esperanza home with injuries consistent with severe blunt trauma after a 911 call.
  • Witnesses reported seeing her ex-partner, Diego Durán, who had an active restraining order, leave the residence on a motorcycle, triggering a search.
  • Minutes later on Provincial Route 6, a motorcyclist hit a truck and died at the scene, and police said the rider’s identity, clothing, and bike matched the homicide suspect.
  • Prosecutor Laura Giordanino took charge of the homicide case, while María Laura Arri assumed the investigation into the fatal crash in separate judicial files.
  • Scientific Police and the PDI processed both scenes, autopsies and forensic tests were ordered, and the couple’s children were placed under protective custody.