THE FLORES MASSACRE: The True Story of Matías Bagnato, the Only Survivor of the 1994 Fire That Killed His Family, and the Killer Who Came Back - Couverture souple

Mercer, Nathan E.

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ISBN 13 : 9798161785126

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

THE FLORES MASSACRE

On the last night of their lives, the Bagnato family watched a football match together. Their oldest son, 16-year-old Matías, played a Roxette record in his room and sneaked a cigarette. His mother smelled the smoke, and his parents laughed. It was the last time he saw them.

At 3:30 in the morning on February 17, 1994, a man entered their home in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Flores carrying two containers of fuel. He was no stranger. He was a relative by marriage and a former business partner who claimed the family owed him 180,000 dollars. For weeks he had called the house with threats to burn it down. The boys called him the Monster. Their father reported him to the police again and again.

By morning, five people were dead: José and Alicia Bagnato, their sons Fernando and Alejandro, and Nicolás Borda, an 11-year-old friend who stayed over only because of a last-minute change of plans. Matías was the only one who got out.

The killer was caught within days and sentenced to life. Then he was transferred to a prison in Spain, where a court recorded the year of the crime as 1990 instead of 1994. That single wrong number set him free. He came back to Argentina, and the threats began again.

What followed was a manhunt across 47 addresses that ended with the killer hiding in a false ceiling. After that came years of court battles, as Matías fought every request for release while living under round-the-clock police protection. Only when the killer died behind bars in 2023 could Matías finally reveal the secret he had kept hidden out of fear.

Built entirely on court records, official statements, and published reporting, with no invented scenes or dialogue, this book is a powerful true account of a crime, a broken system, and a survivor who never stopped fighting for the five people he lost.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798161785126
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• Nombre de pages: 107
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg