MEXICO CITY—The haunting story of a young woman left on the side of a highway late at night in northern Mexico ended in tragedy Friday, after her decomposing body was found in a subterranean water tank at a motel.
Assistant Public Safety Secretary Ricardo Mejia said Friday that the woman’s body—which was apparently unrecognizable after what may have been nearly two weeks in the water—had a crucifix necklace and clothing that Debanhi Escobar was wearing that night.
And despite what authorities in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon described as a massive search for her, the story ended the way it often does in Mexico: when her rotting body was found by locals.
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