Bionce Amaya Cortez: Missing Texas girl, 20, found dead in Mexico after she sent chilling final text to mom
MISSION, TEXAS: Mexican authorities have confirmed the discovery of the body of a missing Texas girl who was last heard from on April 6, 2023. Bionce Amaya Cortez, 20, reportedly sent her mother a cryptic message on that day at 1 am during her Easter trip to see relatives in Nuevo Leon. The girl's corpse was found dumped on a farm near where she had been staying with bruises on her skull, spinal cord, and thorax, according to the Nuevo Leon's prosecutors office.
Bionce's half-brother identified the victim, however, DNA analysis is still being carried out. Bionce's family had urged people to attend a march in the main square of China just hours before the shocking discovery was made. It was reportedly the place where Cortez was last seen. Officials said that arrest warrants have been issued and the homes of the last known people to see her alive have been searched.
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Cortez stopped communicating with her family
On April 6, Bionce's family reported her missing after she stopped contacting them. She did not return home to Mission, Texas as planned on April 10. Her last message, which only contained a heart emoji, was sent to her mother at 1 am before she disappeared. "I answered at 2 in the morning and that message no longer entered her phone," her mother said, according to The Sun. The family grew even more concerned when the friends she had been out with returned to their respective homes and gave different accounts of what had happened to Bionce.
It is believed that they left her on a dark street alone although the reason is not yet known. "Each of the people who went with her have different stories, one says that she has not returned from Montemorelos, others say that she asked to be dropped off on a street," the young woman's mother told Sin Embargo.
Cortez's sister had urgently appealed for help
“Please, if you know anything let me know and send me a message," her sister had said while urgently appealing for help online. "I am her sister and the last time she communicated with my mother was Sunday night and after that the messages did not come in, she had to return to Mission early Monday," she had added.