Overview
- A 31-year-old identified as Janet (Yanet) Rivero died after being found unconscious with extensive burns in a Villa Progreso apartment on Avenida 122 between 17 and 18.
- Her partner suffered minor burns and is imputed in the case; he told police she threw gasoline during a dispute, a version investigators are testing as they reconstruct the sequence of events.
- UFI No. 7 of La Plata, led by prosecutor Virginia Bravo, oversees the inquiry with DDI and Policía Científica conducting forensic work and preserving the scene for peritajes.
- In a separate incident in La Plata’s Altos de San Lorenzo, a 49-year-old man and his 19-year-old daughter were found dead after a house fire on Calle 132 between 83 and 84.
- Preliminary fire reports in the La Plata case point to a possible electrical fault, and the investigation is caratulado as averiguación de causales de muerte pending forensic confirmation.