The pageantry world is shocked to learn that former Mexican beauty queen Carolina Flores Gómez was found shot dead inside her luxury apartment. According to several local reports, police are eyeing her mother-in-law as the prime suspect.
Mexican outlet Reporte Indigo informed that Gómez, who was 27, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in her luxury apartment located in one of Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods.
Gomez, who was Miss Teen Universe representing northern Mexico’s Baja California state in 2017, was killed 24 hours before her husband, Alejandro Gómez, alerted authorities.
Investigators also believe that Alejandro was home at the time of the murder. However, his mother, Erika Maria, the prime suspect.
People magazine reported that the building staff has no recollection of hearing gunshots or noticing unusual activity. Investigations are still underway, and forensic teams have already combed the apartment for any evidence that could help resolve this case.
© Teen Universe 2017Baja California governor Marina del Pilar Avila voiced her concern and requested an urgent investigation. “No crime against a woman should go unpunished. Our thoughts are with her family during this devastating time,” Avila told reporters.
Locals are also demanding that detectives treat the case as femicide.
The Outrage
The Colectivo Legado Diamantina Rosa (Diamantina Rosa Legacy Collective) shared on social media that Flores Gómez's mom is one of their beloved members. “We join in the pain of our colleague Reyna Gómez Molina, a member of Diamantina Rosa, over the loss of her daughter, Carolina Flores Gómez. We demand truth and justice. There will be no silence or forgetting,” it said.
Flores Gómez’s family and her friends also called for a peaceful march. “Carolina has a story, a family, and she deserves justice. Today, we raise our voices for her. For her life. For everything that was taken from her,” they informed.
The march is scheduled for Saturday, April 25, at 3:00 p.m. at CEARTE Ensenada in Mexico. “We are taking to the streets in a peaceful march to demand justice for Carolina Flores Gómez. Let us make her name echo through the streets and reach wherever it needs to reach. Carolina deserves justice,” the statement said.
