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Cause of Death Identified as Manhunt Grows in Benito Juárez Motel Femicide Case

Investigators are tracing a dark SUV linked to the suspect using hotel surveillance.

Overview

  • The Mexico City prosecutor’s office opened a feminicide investigation after hotel staff found a woman with signs of violence inside Motel Pirámides in San Simón Ticumac.
  • Security footage shows the victim arrived with a man and that a dark SUV later departed alone toward Eje Central, according to police reports.
  • Police located a vehicle matching the description abandoned on Yácatas Street in Narvarte Poniente, and ministerial authorities processed the site.
  • Ministerial sources identified the victim as Kesia N., 32, and reported fatal cranioencephalic and cervico‑medullary trauma; her body was delivered to her mother at the INCIFO.
  • Authorities are searching for the unnamed suspect and have circulated surveillance images, while some media reports on the victim’s personal details remain unconfirmed.