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Autopsy reveals details in deaths of mother and son in Retiro hotel
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Gisela Mercedes Yurka, 41, and her son Gabriel Saru Ovejero, 7, were found dead on Friday in the bathtub of a room at the Hotel Ker in Retiro. The preliminary autopsy indicates the boy died from drowning and severe hypoglycemia, while the mother succumbed to a mixed mechanism involving self-inflicted cuts and drowning. Prosecutors are investigating a possible homicide followed by suicide.
Researchers from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia analyzed 602 autopsy cases, revealing higher incidences of specific medical conditions. The findings were reported by co-authors including George on September 8, 2025.