Overview
- Laura Esther Delmas, 63, died after sustaining severe burns from setting herself on fire at the Campo Grande police station in early January.
- She told officers the act was “for what you did to my son” shortly after his detention, according to accounts incorporated into the case file.
- Police on duty extinguished the flames and Delmas was transferred to Hospital SAMIC de Oberá, where she remained in intensive care for nine days.
- Medical reports cited burns on 35% of her body with significant facial and airway compromise requiring respiratory support, and no toxicology tests were performed per medical advice.
- Investigators seized an alcohol bottle, a lighter, and her backpack, and internal camera recordings were added to the file now handled by Juzgado de Instrucción N°1 de Oberá.