The body of a teenage student nurse has been found lying
beside a road after she had been killed and then skinned. Kassandra Bravo, 19,
from Uruapan, Mexico, is reported by excelsior.com.mx to have told friends in a
Facebook post that her stepfather had s*xually assaulted her and also accused
him of murder – which he denies.
She vanished on December 3 and her mother Angeles, 41,
raised the alarm when she did not turn up at a babysitting job with family
friends.
raised the alarm when she did not turn up at a babysitting job with family
friends.
Police issued a missing person notice for the teenager and
three days later, her body was discovered lying beside a road near the village
of Las Cocinas, between Uruapan and Los Reyes.
three days later, her body was discovered lying beside a road near the village
of Las Cocinas, between Uruapan and Los Reyes.
A post-mortem revealed she had been strangled until she
passed out and then skinned.
passed out and then skinned.
The area is notorious for violent attacks on women and
detectives were initially sceptical that they would get any leads. But after
interviewing a friend, they were told Kassandra had been planning to tell her
mum that stepfather Daniel Murrieta Sainz, 42, had been s*xually abusing her
since the age of 15.
detectives were initially sceptical that they would get any leads. But after
interviewing a friend, they were told Kassandra had been planning to tell her
mum that stepfather Daniel Murrieta Sainz, 42, had been s*xually abusing her
since the age of 15.
Police believe her Facebook post must have been seen by
friends, and are trying to find out why nobody raised the alarm.
friends, and are trying to find out why nobody raised the alarm.
The man, Daniel Murrieta Sainz, admitted murdering his
stepdaughter but denies it was because he had s*xually assaulted her.
stepdaughter but denies it was because he had s*xually assaulted her.
A Police spokesman, Francis Zamora said: “We brought
him in for questioning and he admitted strangling her and dumping the body, but
denied he had been abusing her or that he had skinned her.
him in for questioning and he admitted strangling her and dumping the body, but
denied he had been abusing her or that he had skinned her.
“He said he had been furious when he wanted to take her
to her babysitting job, and she had not been ready.
to her babysitting job, and she had not been ready.
“After a row he had strangled her.”
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