Former Mexican beauty queen shot dead in luxury apartment

A former Mexican beauty queen was discovered shot dead in her luxury apartment — together with her mother-in-law eyed because the prime suspect, in accordance with reviews.

Carolina Flores Gomez, 27, was discovered with a gunshot wound to her head final Thursday in her apartment in one in every of Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods, Mexican outlet Reporte Indigo reported.

Authorities consider Gomez, the Miss Teen Universe for northern Mexico’s Baja California state in 2017, was killed a day earlier than they had been alerted, elevating suspicion as to why her husband, Alejandro Gomez, took so lengthy to boost the alarm.

They consider he was house on the time of the homicide — alongside along with his mom, Erika Maria, who’s the prime suspect, in accordance with the reviews.

Building workers didn’t report listening to gunshots or uncommon exercise on the high-end residential complicated in Polanco, a district recognized for its wealth and safety. Forensic groups have since combed the apartment for proof.

Baja California governor Marina del Pilar Avila is amongst these calling for an pressing investigation.

“No crime against a woman should go unpunished. Our thoughts are with her family during this devastating time,” Avila advised reporters.

Campaigners are demanding the dying be handled as femicide, with the case sparking recent outrage over violence towards girls in Mexico.

Approximately 10 girls a day are murdered in Mexico, with just one% ensuing in sentencing, in accordance with official statistics.