The case of the tragic death of the notary public from La Plata Esteban Morcillo, 57 years old, which occurred after a cardiac decompensation after being the victim of a violent assault with her mother in a house of 38 between 12 and 13, shed news this Friday when the Police managed to arrest one of the alleged thieves. It is – as indicated to 0221.com.ar police sources – of a dangerous criminal with a leafy record.
As reported by this portal, the notary public died in the early hours of Friday, January 27, after having suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest caused by the stress that he experienced in the midst of a fierce assault at the hands of five heavily armed robbers, who escaped from the place with loot. whose amount was not disclosed.
The attack happened around 9:30 a.m. that Friday. . At least two armed criminals would have broken into the house and surprised the owner and her son. Once the robbery was completed, the man would have run after the attackers, but it was then that he suffered a decompensation and died on the spot..
As it had transpired after the tragic robbery, the criminals fled aboard a white car. From the investigations carried out by the prosecutor Virginia Bravo and DDI personnel, it was determined that this car was a white Ford Fiesta Kinectic, with certain peculiarities that allowed it to be detected this Friday in the zone of 8 between 46 and 47, in the middle of La Plata’s microcenter.
This led to the setting up of “surreptitious surveillance” until at one point the arrival of a Peugeot 208 car driven by a man who tried to enter the vehicle was observed when he was intercepted and identified by police officers, who also seized the car. There, several items of clothing were seized, including a black jacket with white trim that was supposed to have been used on the day of the robbery.
At the scene, the troops proceeded to arrest the suspect, identified by his initials as RME, who -always according to the police version- has a long criminal record for various crimes, including Qualified Robbery. It was also reported that he served 14 years in prison in different Penitentiary Units.
THE FACT
The episode that triggered his death occurred on the morning of January 27, when Morcillo was surprised by five criminals -in principle there were two of them- while he was at his 84-year-old mother’s house, located at 38 between 12 and 13.
Those involved entered after barring one of the entrances, reduced the victims and tied them with sheets to seize some belongings and $1,000. Once the robbery was completed, they ran away, but Morcillo tried to stop them by going after their steps and it was there that, after a few meters, he suffered a decompensation and died.
Spokesmen assured that An ambulance quickly arrived on the scene, responding to a neighbor’s alert call, but paramedics could do nothing to save his life.. After verifying his death, agents of the Scientific Police arrived at the scene to carry out the rigorous tests and try to find evidence that would allow the investigators to find the perpetrators of the act, who are still fugitives.
Within this framework, UFI No. 7 of the Judicial Department of La Plata, headed by Virginia Bravo, labeled the case as “robbery and investigation causes of death”.
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