Mexico Metropolis — Investigators mentioned Monday that one other post-mortem of a younger lady whose mysterious demise shocked Mexico has proven that she died of asphyxia by suffocation resulting from "obstruction of respiratory orifices."
The post-mortem outcomes didn't specify what had blocked her nostril and mouth. The 18-year-old Debanhi Escobar was discovered lifeless in April in a partly-filled underground water holding tank of a motel close to the northern metropolis of Monterrey.
Dr. Felipe Takajashi, the pinnacle of Mexico Metropolis's forensic service, mentioned the most recent post-mortem on the lady's exhumed physique confirmed no indicators of sexual violence. He mentioned she died three to 5 days earlier than her physique was discovered.
Escobar's stays had been discovered days after she bought out of a taxi on a darkish freeway.
The case made headlines due to a haunting picture taken by the driving force who was speculated to get her residence that evening. The motive force mentioned she bought out of the automobile of her personal accord, and mentioned he took the picture to show she was alive when he left her.
The picture touched hearts all through Mexico: a younger lady standing alone at evening on the facet of a freeway, sporting a skirt and high-top sneakers. The picture appeared to talk of the large vulnerability, and the self-assuredness - or desperation - of the lady.
She rapidly grew to become an emblem for an offended ladies's rights motion in Mexico, the place some 10 ladies are murdered daily, Agence France-Presse observes. Her demise sparked quite a few demonstrations.
Authorities determined that an exhumation was crucial following differing outcomes from two preliminary research.
Nuevo Leon state's head medical expert initially mentioned Escobar died from a blow to the pinnacle, however was apparently alive when she entered the cistern and there was no water in her lungs.
However one other forensic evaluation of the unique post-mortem requested by Escobar's household concluded that she had been sexually assaulted and murdered.
Her father, Mario Escobar, has mentioned prosecutors informed him surveillance digicam footage prompt the driving force inappropriately touched his daughter.
After the most recent findings, he mentioned it was clear his daughter had been murdered, in response to AFP.
"My daughter didn't die by accident, that's my speculation," he informed reporters, AFP mentioned. However he is nonetheless ready for outcomes of different assessments being achieved in England.
The case has been shrouded in thriller. Elements of the motel had beforehand been searched a number of instances earlier than her physique was lastly discovered solely after a motel worker reported a foul odor coming from the cistern.
Video from the motel's safety cameras prompt Escobar had entered the motel and wandered round, finally strolling off digicam within the course the place three cisterns are situated close to a swimming pool.
Some studies had prompt the lady might have fallen into one of many cisterns and died by accident. Prosecutors mentioned her physique was present in one tank, her purse in one other, and her cellphone and keys had been present in a 3rd tank.