Former pageant queen Carolina Flores Gomez was murdered in Mexico last week, with her mother-in-law now under investigation for the slaying.
The 27-year-old – who in 2017 held the title Miss Teen Universe Baja California – was already dead by the time paramedics responded to an emergency call at an apartment in Mexico City’s Polanco neighbourhood on April 15, according to a translated Univision report.
Gomez had been shot in the head, and authorities promptly treated the case as a homicide.
Her husband, Alejandro, and his mother, Erika Maria, were both reportedly present at the time of the shooting, which the former allegedly blamed on the latter.
It’s unclear what preceded the shooting and whether Gomez and her mother-in-law had a contentious relationship leading up to her death.
A translated report from Indigo says Gomez’s husband – who the outlet identifies as her boyfriend – is also suspected in the killing.
Reporter Antonio Nieto tweeted that 12 shots were fired, but no one investigated “until the next day” on April 16 – and he identified Erika Maria as a candidate for local office in the Ensenada municipality.
Nieto demanded #JusticeForCaro as he called on the Fiscalia CDMX – the Office of the Attorney General of Mexico City – to clear up confounding details of yet “another #femicide.”
“Why did no one hear the gunshots in an apartment building?” he wrote. “Why did the experts only show up the next day? Caro Flores was murdered in #Polanco.” – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
