After residents complained of foul-tasting tap water, health officials find young woman’s decomposing body. Carmen Yarira Esparza Noriega had been missing since February 2014.
badly decomposing body of Carmen Yarira Esparza Noirega, a 27-year-old clinic worker who dreamed of becoming an actress.
Friends and family members had been using a social media campaign to find the missing psychology graduate since she went missing nearly a year ago after leaving work.
Three weeks ago, after the rotting body was found, Noreiga’s parents identified the remains as belonging to their daughter, Fox Latino News reported Monday, citing the Mexican newspaper El Milenio.
Relatives were able to recognize her because of her hip and breast implants, according to police.
Authorities now say they are concentrating on a former boyfriend, a wealthy businessman who paid for her lush apartment.
Relatives initially feared she had been sold into the country’s rampant sex trade industry.
She had been planning to move into a new apartment when she disappeared, authorities said.