"Patricia Kadgien, 58, was born in Buenos Aires, five hours to the north. Her social media described her as a yoga teacher and practitioner of biodecoding, an obscure alternative therapy that claims to cure illness by resolving past traumas. Her husband, Juan Carlos Cortegoso, 61, built and raced go-karts. Like many in this neighbourhood, the couple were comfortably off, and discreet."
"Then, last month, they put their house up for sale. A photographer from a local estate agent, Robles Casas y Campos, came round to shoot the spacious, elegantly furnished interiors. The pictures went up. And their quiet existence came crashing down. The fifth photograph on the agency's listing showed a general view of the villa's living room. Hanging on the wall, above a buttoned sofa in plush green velvet and next to a polished antique commode, was a highly distinctive oil painting of a woman."
A middle-aged couple lived in a stone-clad villa in Mar del Plata. Patricia Kadgien, 58, presented herself online as a yoga teacher and practitioner of biodecoding. Her husband, Juan Carlos Cortegoso, 61, built and raced go-karts. The couple listed their house for sale and a real-estate photographer posted interior photos online. One image showed a distinctive oil painting by Italian artist Ghislandi hanging in the living room. Dutch outlet AD had been investigating old master paintings looted by the Nazis that remain listed as unreturned. Journalists tried repeatedly to contact Patricia and her sister Alicia, daughters of Friedrich Kadgien, but received no response until a local Dutch reporter visited in person.
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