Police investigating the death of a 12-year-old girl whose half-naked body was found in a cane field in the Mexican state of Jalisco have arrested her stepfather.
Elsy Michelle left her home in the colony of El Alamo at around 5 pm on 16th August..
She went to the nearby Los Conejo's ranch where family members were working in order to borrow a phone charger but that was the last time she was seen alive.
Her family reported the girl’s disappearance, and the local police immediately organized a search party.
At 11.46 pm on Sunday night, the search party found the girl’s dead body on the road to La Joya with signs of violence and sexual assault, according to news site Infobae.
A statement from the Jalisco State Prosecutor's Office read: "The main line of investigation could point to someone close to the minor, including the stepfather, who is already under investigation."
The young girl’s death has sparked a social media campaign to demand justice. Mexican women are disproportionately the victims of violent crime, with over 66% experiencing some type of domestic violence in their lives.
Mexico’s National Security System said that there were 489 women had been murdered in the country between January and June 2020.
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