Overview
- Wendy Estefany, 26, was reported missing on August 29 and searchers found her body late Tuesday in a room under construction at kilometer four of the San Luis lateral road in Colonia Hidalgo.
- Police from the municipal and state forces and the Agencia Ministerial processed the scene and recovered evidence before turning the case to the Fiscalía General de Justicia del Estado de Sonora for formal investigation.
- The FGJES has carried out interviews, inspections, video analysis, a court-authorized search and other forensic procedures as it reconstructs events leading to Wendy’s death.
- Investigators have identified a person of interest but have not made any formal imputations while they collect and analyze proof to determine legal responsibility.
- Family members and search collectives had led searches and a September 4 march pressing for action, a preliminary family identification used tattoos and clothing, and the prosecutor now awaits scientific identification and cause-of-death results that will guide possible charges.