Inside the Recoleta, stands a statue that immortalizes the young Rufina Cambaceres. She died unexpectedly at the age of 19, in May 1902. She was buried in the family tomb, but a few days later the cemetery keepers noticed that the coffin had fallen and they contacted the family. When they opened it they found the girl covered in bruises and scratches. It is believed that she woke up in the coffin. Apparently her mother used to slip her a tranquilizer every night so that the daughter would sleep while she had sex with her lover, who was also Rufina’s boyfriend. The night of Rufina’s alleged death her mother would have given her a double dose.
A year later the family had an art nouveau tomb built. The statue of Rufina is at the door and her hand is on the door handle, as though she was now able to leave. Her tomb is the only one made of a single marble stone from Milan in the cemetery.
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