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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 11:20 AM Nov 2014

Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado and sister found dead, police say

Source: LA Times

A top police official said Wednesday that what appear to be the bodies of Miss Honduras 2014 and her sister have been found buried near the spa where they disappeared six days ago.

National Police director Gen. Ramon Sabillon said authorities are awaiting confirmation from forensic officials that the bodies are those of beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister, Sofia Trinidad, 23. He said early that Plutarco Ruiz, Trinidad's boyfriend, and an alleged accomplice, Aris Maldonado, have been arrested in connection with the case.

The two sisters disappeared after attending a birthday party for Ruiz last Thursday.

Maria Jose Alvarado had been scheduled to leave for London on Sunday to compete in the Miss World 2014 pageant.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-miss-honduras-dead-20141119-story.html

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Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado and sister found dead, police say (Original Post) Zorro Nov 2014 OP
part of a larger problem and why so many kids were coming to the US ? JI7 Nov 2014 #1
Arrests over killing of Honduras beauty queen Alvarado muriel_volestrangler Nov 2014 #2
Apparently, it's domestic abuse murders MrScorpio Nov 2014 #3

JI7

(89,251 posts)
1. part of a larger problem and why so many kids were coming to the US ?
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 07:24 PM
Nov 2014

how sad. and instead of trying to help them you have people spreading hate and terror at people.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
2. Arrests over killing of Honduras beauty queen Alvarado
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 08:18 PM
Nov 2014
Police in Honduras have arrested two men over the killing of beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister who vanished on a night out last week.
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Plutarco Ruiz, the boyfriend of Ms Trinidad, was detained along with another man, Aris Maldonado.

Mr Ruiz confessed to shooting the two women and then burying their bodies with the help of Mr Maldonado, Honduras National Police director Gen Ramon Sabillon told media.

Chief detective Leandro Osorio said Mr Ruiz had shot and killed the elder sister in a fit of jealousy after seeing her dancing with "another person or something similar", then shot Ms Alvarado and buried the bodies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-30124142

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
3. Apparently, it's domestic abuse murders
Thu Nov 20, 2014, 03:32 AM
Nov 2014

If Ruiz's BF actually committed the murders that he's confessed to, he'll never breathe free air again.

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