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Surveillance Footage of Debanhi.
An overhead view of the area of the courtyard Debanhi was seen in on surveillance footage.
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Episode Source Material
- Milenio (Mexico): 18-year-old girl reported missing in Escobedo, NL. Published April 10, 2024. Accessed July 25, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): What is known about Debanhi Escobar, a young woman who disappeared in Nuevo León after attending a party. Published April 12, 2022. Accessed July 25, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): Debanhi Escobar’s father said they tried to extort him with the whereabouts of his daughter. Published April 13, 2022. Accessed July 25, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): “I don’t want to go back and find that emptiness that was left behind”: Debanhi Escobar’s mother continues the search in NL. Published April 14, 2022. Accessed July 25, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): New clues in the Debanhi case were captured by hotel cameras, dad declared: “We believe she is alive”. Published April 16, 2022. Updated April 18, 2022. Accessed July 25, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): Debanhi reportedly sought help from a transport company after walking on the road. Published April 17, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): Debanhi Escobar case: young man revealed that he tried to take her home. Published April 15, 2002. Accessed July 25, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): With drones and canine family pairs, Debanhi Escobar maintains hope: “Every day, until we find you”. Published April 18, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): Police officers guard the transport company where Debanhi Escobar was last seen. Published April 18, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): Step by step: what is known about the Debanhi Escobar case. Published April 18, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): Debanhi Escobar case: this is known about the friends and the driver who left her in the middle of the road. Published April 19, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- NBC News (National): Mexican police find body of missing woman, 18, in motel water tank, by Associated Press. Published April 22, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- Expansion Politica (Mexico): #ItWasNotAnAccident: They demand justice and clarification of Debanhi’s death. Published April 22, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- Excelsior (Mexico): ‘They killed my daughter and planted her’: Debanhi’s father, by Aracely Garza and Ximena Mejia. Published April 22, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- El Pais (Mexico): A strong blow to the head was the cause of the death of Debanhi Escobar, by Carmen Morán Breña. Published April 22, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024 via Internet Archive.
- El Pais (Mexico): The dark spots in the investigation into Debanhi Escobar, by Carmen Morán Breña and Beatriz Guillén. Published April 22, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024 via Internet Archive.
- Telemundo Arizona (Phoenix, AZ): How did Debanhi Escobar die? Prosecutors reveal cause of death, by Telemundo Digital. Published April 23, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- Animal Politico (Mexico): Debanhi Escobar’s family requests a second autopsy; points out irregularities in the investigation, by Animal Politico Editorial Team. Published April 23, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- Mexico News Daily (Mexico): ‘My daughter is dead because of incompetent people’. Published April 22, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- The Independent (UK): Everything we know about the murder of Debanhi Escobar, 18-year-old dumped in Mexico cistern, by Justin Vallejo. Published April 25, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- BBC Mundo: Debanhi Escobar: the questions surrounding the case of the young woman who appeared dead in a cistern in Mexico after being missing for two weeks, by Marcos Gonzalez Diaz. Published April 23, 2022. Updated April 26, 2022. Accessed July 26, 2024.
- The New York Times (New York, NY): A Woman’s Haunting Disappearance Sparks Outrage in Mexico Over Gender Violence, by Oscar Lopez. Published April 27, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- El Pais (Mexico): The latest twist in the ‘Debanhi Escobar case’: Security camera footage, by Beatriz Guillén. Published April 27, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- The Independent (UK): Debanhi Escobar: Taxi driver who took haunting final photo of slain Mexico teen ‘tried to grope her chest’, by Maria Luisa Arredondo. Published April 28, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- The Independent (UK): Debanhi Escobar’s father on his fight to find the killer who dumped her body in a Mexico motel cistern (Exclusive Interview), by José Luis Montenegro. Published April 28, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- Vallarta Daily (Mexico): Debanhi Escobar identification found more than 20 kilometers from where her body was found. Published May 5, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024 via Internet Archive.
- El Pais (Mexico): Debanhi Escobar’s autopsy reveals she was murdered and suffered sexual violence, by Elena Reina. Published May 12, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024 via Internet Archive.
- CBS (National): Surveillance video shows Mexican law student Debanhi Escobar before her death as unsolved case becomes “spectacle”, by CBS/AFP. Published May 13, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- Telemundo Arizona (Phoenix, AZ): Sinister twist in the Debanhi Escobar case: second leaked autopsy reveals she was raped and murdered, by EFE. Published May 13, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- Telemundo 52 (Los Angeles, CA): “Zero impunity”: AMLO after autopsy reveals that Debanhi Escobar was raped and murdered, by EFE. Published May 13, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- El Universal (Mexico): The two autopsies of Debanhi Escobar. Published May 13, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- El Mundo (Mexico): The second autopsy of Debanhi Escobar states that she was murdered and suffered sexual abuse, by AFP/EFE. Published May 13, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- El Pais (Mexico): Autopsy of Debanhi Escobar shows she was sexually abused and murdered, by Elena Reina. Published May 13, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- CBS News (National): Forensic report concludes law student Debanhi Escobar was raped and murdered as Mexico’s president vows justice, by CBS/AFP. Published May 16, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- El Pais (Mexico): Asphyxiation by suffocation: the Prosecutor’s Office continues without clarifying the death of Debanhi Escobar four months later, by Elena Reina. Published July 18, 2022. Accessed July 29, 2024 via Internet Archive.
- El Pais (Mexico): The Justice Department has brought charges against two former employees of the motel where Debanhi Escobar disappeared, by Elena San Jose. Published January 10, 2023. Accessed July 29, 2024 via Internet Archive.
- Mexico News Daily (Mexico): 2 former motel employees charged with obstruction in Debanhi Escobar case, by MND Staff. Published January 11, 2023. Accessed July 29, 2024 via Internet Archive.
- El Pais (Mexico): Who killed Debanhi Escobar? Two years without answers for the femicide that shook Mexico, by Beatriz Guillen. Published April 22, 2024. Accessed July 29, 2024.
- Infobae (Argentina): Step by step: this was the death of Debanhi Escobar, according to the Nuevo León Prosecutor’s Office. Published April 23, 2022. Accessed September 2024.
- Dallas News (Dallas, TX): Video of Debanhi walking alone to the motel. Images of the final section towards the cisterns are missing by Agencia Reforma. Published April 25, 2022. Update April 26, 2022. Accessed September 2024.
- Azteca Noticias (Mexico): Nuevo León Prosecutor’s Office video. Published April 28, 2022. Accessed via YouTube September 2024.
- Info7 (Mexico): Juan David Cuellar inteview. Published April 27, 2022. Accessed via YouTube and Adn40Mx September 2024.
- Televisa Monterrey (Mexico): Debanhi’s friend’s interview. Published April 27, 2022. Accessed via YouTube and Hora Cero September 2024.
- World-Weather.info. Accessed September 2024.
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