Women Killed in 1999


1. January 11th - Maria Estela Martinez - 33 years old - strangled by lover

2. January 13th - Patricia Monroy Torres - kidnapped January 8th - shot - found with mouth taped and head wrapped in a towel

3. January 31st - Unknown - apprx. 20 years old - raped - strangled

4. February 3rd - Paulina Leon - unknown - body found in latrine - stabbed repeatedly

5. February 14th - Unknown - skeleton found near where many other bodies have been found

6. February 15th - Elsa America Arrequin Mendoza - 22 years old - murdered at front door - shot multiple times

7. February 17th - Irma Angelica Rosales Lozano - 13 years old - raped - strangled - found with plastic bag over head

8. March 4th - Helena García Alvarado - 33 years old - found in a brick oven - incinerated - amputated arms and legs

9. March 15th - Gladys Lizeth Ramos Escárcega - 24 years old - shot - murderer was identified but not arrested

10. March 22nd - Unknown - calcified remains

11. April 19th - Maria Santos Ramírez - 60 years old - beaten profusely with bare hands - raped - murdered - killed by stepson, who confessed to doing it under the influence of inhalants

12. June 6th - Irene Castillo - 70 years old - stabbed

13. June 7th - Elizabeth Flores Sanchez - 17 years old - suffocated and beaten by boyfriend

14. July 6th - Maria Elba Chavez - 60 years old - stabbed in robbery - victim tried defending herself, judging by the cuts on her fingers

15. July 7th - Rosa Maria Rivera - 29 - five months pregnant - strangled

16. August 2nd - Bertha Luz Briones Palacios - 41 years old - murdered - found wearing black pants and a white bra

17. August 10th - Unknown - death believed to be by an overdose 18. August 22nd - Vanessa Horcasitas - 17 years old - authorities declare it a suicide

19. October 16th - Unknown - 50 years old - murdered by "steel weapon"

20. October 18th? - Maria del Refugio Núñez López - 23 years old - lesions from knife wounds

21. October 19th? - Blanca Estela Vázquez Valenzuela - 44 years old - shot

22. October 25th - Nelly América Gómez Holguin - 22 years old - murdered by nine stab wounds

23. November 20th - Unknown - 18-20 years old - woman's skull is found