Overview

• Official reports detail that all three victims were bound and gagged and subjected to prolonged torture before death.
• Brenda del Castillo died of cardiorespiratory arrest caused by multiple skull fractures and head trauma, with postmortem cutting of the abdominal area.
• Morena Verdi died from ligature strangulation with a cervical fracture that damaged the spinal cord, consistent with fatal asphyxia.
• Lara Gutiérrez died of hemorrhagic shock from stab wounds, and examiners documented a severed ear and partial removal of four left fingertips.
• Forensic analysis indicates Brenda and Morena died before Lara, while investigators hold suspects known as “Pequeño J” and Osorio and continue pursuing the narco-linked case.