On Friday, in the final session of the trial for the murder of engineer Roberto Wolfenson, the prosecution, represented by Laura Capra, requested a life sentence for Soledad Paniagua. According to the confession of the victim's former maid, she allegedly strangled him with a nylon collar bearing her son's name.
The hearing, held at the Oral Court in Criminal Matters (TOC) No. 4 in San Isidro, was presided over by Judge Esteban Andrejín, along with Victoria Santamarina and Osvaldo Rossi, who will deliver a verdict on October 20.
The incident occurred on February 22, 2024, in La Delfina, Pilar. During the hearing on Wednesday, the accused stated that the conflict began with an argument that "got out of hand" and described how she strangled the victim.
According to Paniagua's account, Graciela Orlandi, the deceased's partner at the time, had allegedly asked the accused to take the man's phone, saying, "I want to know where my husband is." However, the widow's lawyer denied that his client had asked Paniagua to take the deceased's phone to "understand where her husband was," as the accused had claimed to negate her intention to steal.
On this occasion, the woman expressed her "disappointment with the video and audio recordings" that emerged after the hearing on Wednesday and emphasized the distress her statement caused her family, including her 17-year-old son and husband: "It hurts me for my family, for my children."
Due to this conflict, the accused's defender, María Gómez, requested the annulment of the trial, but the court rejected the motion, although it did agree to consider the best measures to be taken going forward.
Meanwhile, the accused will face charges of "qualified robbery and homicide for criminal gain," brought by Prosecutor Capra, who considered it "a violent death: there was a body on the floor with defensive wounds and a pool of blood." Regarding these charges, the lawyer for the engineer's children, Esteban and Laura, Tomás Farini Duggan, requested that the charge of treachery be added due to the manner in which the man died, as previously described.
