Merlo: stabbed his ex-partner to death and told police that it had been suicide

02/15/2020 - 11:28

• Clarín.com
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A man was arrested in the last hours in the Buenos Aires party of Merlo, accused of femicide of his former partner, after pretending to pretend that the woman had committed suicide because he did not agree to retake the link.

The victim was identified as Paola Betiana Roldán, 33 , who, when the police came, was lying face down, already dead, with several stab wounds and marks on the face.

This was reported by police sources, who reported that the man will be investigated in the next few hours at the judicial headquarters of Morón.

The incident occurred on Friday afternoon, during Valentine's Day, in a house located on Juana Azurduy street at 1200 , in Parque San Martín, west of the conurbano.

The first version indicates that the man told the police was that the woman had committed suicide because he did not accept to return to the relationship .

The detainee was charged with homicide aggravated by the link and in the next few hours he will be investigated by the Thematic Prosecutor for Family and Gender Violence of the judicial department of Morón.

The performances are in charge of the Third Merlo Police Station.

With information from Télam

In the last ten years in Argentina there is an average of one femicide every 30 hours. According to statistics from the Office of Domestic Violence of the Supreme Court, only in 2018 were 278. Most of the murders occur in the homes of the victims and are committed by couples or ex.

Where to call Line 144

Care for women in situations of violence.

Attention to Victims of Family Violence.