Overview

• Workers at a Lima water-treatment plant uncovered dismembered remains of 19-year-old Fabiola Caicedo Piña, known as “China Baby,” during a routine inspection on June 9.
• Forensic teams identified her by distinctive tattoos, including one on her back reading “Paula Sophia” alongside a date.
• Caicedo Piña migrated from Venezuela as a minor to live with ex-boyfriend Meiner Jiménez Castillo, whose 2022 death in Lima remains unsolved.
• The Peruvian National Police have interviewed witnesses and are considering whether the brutality of the mutilation indicates involvement by human trafficking networks.
• No suspects or motives have been publicly named as the homicide investigation continues.