Femicide in Morón: A policeman killed his partner and then took his own life

A city police officer was killed by her partner, a member of the Federal Police, who committed suicide after committing the femicide. Police sources reported that the fact was alerted by neighbors of the couple, who called 911 after hearing the screams of a woman asking for help. Upon arriving at the house located at 300 Los Criollos Street, the troops first encountered the murdered woman on the first floor of the house. The woman, identified as Zulema Serrano, 28, was shot in the head. He served as an officer of the Neighborhood Police Station 9B of the City Police. (Juan Carlos Bertini and Zulema Serrano) Then, in the next room they found lying on the floor with a shot in the head to his partner and femicide, a man identified as Juan Carlos Bertini, who worked in the Federal Operational Unit Division (DUOF) Morón.Inside the house, the uniformed found both regulatory weapons of the police couple: a Bersa Pro Rinde 9 mm caliber pistol and in the same room on the light table, a Bersa TPR 9 mm pistol. Police sources told Argentine News that on the day of the event, Bertini was with his working hours in Isidro Casanova, party of La Matanza”, but “he withdrew from there without giving any notice, nor obtaining prior authorization”. Therefore, it is estimated that the man went directly to look for Serrano at the house and there the femicide occurred. When testifying, a neighbor remarked that she heard the woman call for help and that then a firearm detonation was heard. Experts, police officers and judicial officials of the Functional Unit of Instruction (UFI) number 12 of the Morón Judicial Department worked in the place.

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