Overview
- A State of Mexico judge ordered María Fernanda “N” and Brandon Jonathan “N” to stand trial for disappearance by private individuals and kept both in preventive detention.
- Prosecutors had already executed arrest warrants for aggravated homicide against Brandon Jonathan “N”, Fátima Isabel “N” and María Fernanda “N”, with an initial hearing on that charge scheduled for November 21.
- Investigators say forensic work at a November 9 search recovered the victim’s clothing and a priest’s stole, sharp and blunt objects, and blood traces detected with the BlueStar test.
- Authorities reconstructed that on October 29 the priest met with Fátima Isabel “N” and Brandon Jonathan “N” in Tultitlán, consumed alcohol and drugs, was allegedly struck with a blunt object, and his body was later abandoned in a Nextlalpan wastewater canal and identified by genetic analysis.
- The priest’s vehicle was traced by cameras toward Hidalgo, where it was reportedly sold, and officials report the suspected material assailant has a prior conviction for robbery with violence.