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'I'm shattered': A haunting disappearance sparks outrage in Mexico

By Oscar Lopez
New York Times·
8 mins to read

On the 13th day of searching for his missing daughter, Mario Escobar stood outside a gas station in the choking heat, clutching flyers with her photo and the vestiges of a desperate, lingering hope.

Hours later, in a wash of red and blue police lights, that hope was destroyed.

Debanhi Escobar's body was found the night of April 21 in an abandoned underground water tank on the grounds of a motel in Monterrey, northern Mexico, which authorities had already searched

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