"Excuse me, I just killed your girl": the message of a grandmother after the murder of her granddaughter

The town of Santiaguito Coaxustenco, located in the Mexican municipality of Tenango del Valle, is in mourning. Teresita, a 10-year-old girl, was beaten to death by her own grandmother Sunday night. Her mother, appalled, revealed the terrifying message that the abuser had sent her before she escaped: "Excuse me, I just killed your daughter."

The suspect was identified by neighbors as Laura Elvira Guevara, 40 years old. According to the family's knowledge, the woman He left the victim's body wrapped in a blanket, squeezing an armchair from his own home. Since then, he has disappeared without a trace.

Local media reported that Teresita had been living with her grandmother since the age of two because her parents could not care for her. However, he had a childhood marked by violence. His teachers and clbadmates have witnessed countless times when he went to school in school.

"She was all concealed and when we told her that her face was marked, she replied that the cat had scratched her," said Rosario Medina, who understood from the outset that Guevara He hit her in the face, arms, abdomen and back.

Although she alerted the police to the girl's nightmare, the authorities – according to the neighbors – never cleared the situation. "They came and did not take her away. We wanted to save her, but it was late. We could not save her, "said another woman who had tried to intervene.

This Sunday, parents received the message from the abuser where he confessed to the crime. Both were shocked. It was the police who discovered that the girl had indeed died at Guevara's house. A few days later, the justice handed them the body for awakening.

Immediately, the neighbors organized themselves to buy the coffin, flowers and food to serve the community before the burial. Now, they insist that the Attorney General's office I located the aggressor who escaped from the village with the victim's sister.