Netflix's 'The Search' aka 'La Busqueda': 4-year-old Paulette Gebara Farah's pajamas could help solve her death
One of Mexico's most spine-chilling cases is that of the disappearance of four-year-old Paulette Gebara Farah. Suddenly disappearing from her room on the night of March 22, 2010, the young girl with a physical disability and a language disorder, was found dead in her bedroom in her house room located in Huixquilucan, Mexico, on March 31, 2010.
She had arrived that day from Valle Bravo to Huixquilucan accompanied by her sister and her father. Her mother had put her to bed that night but the next day when one of the babysitters went looking for the little one, she was no longer in her bed. The woman notified the girl's mother and a search began. In no time, her disappearance took over the nation as authorities commenced a manhunt that would last nine days before Paulette's body is found - wait for it - in her own bedroom!
The decomposing body of young Paulette was wedged in between the mattress and the wooden footboard. This raised several questions into the investigations conducted by the police and the Attorney General of the State of Mexico Alberto Bazbaz. Questions about why the police K9 units could not locate her if she was really under the bed the whole time were raised. Plus it was noted that Paulette's bedroom was visited by at least 200 people during the course of the investigation -friends and extended relatives of the Farah family even slept in the same bed - how was then that her body wasn't found?
An autopsy report concluded that Paulette died of "asphyxiation that obstructed her respiratory airways and compressed her abdominal thorax". Despite that many contested this autopsy and the theory that she rolled headfirst into the gap between the mattress and the footboard and ended up suffocating herself. Many strongly believed that she was not at home the entire time. As messed up as this case sounds, there is a lot more to it - a lot more than only creates confusion - or rather adds to the theory that she was dead (killed/ murdered) elsewhere and then brought to the room.
This could be highlighted with the case of the pajamas. One of the most controversial elements of this case is an interview Lizette Farah, Paulette's mother filmed in Paulette’s bedroom on March 25, 2010. In the video, a pair of pajamas can briefly be glimpsed lying on the bed next to her. Since video footage exists of the police discovering Paulette's body, many people are convinced she is wearing the same pair of pajamas seen during her mother's interview, which would debunk the idea of her body being under the bed the entire time. You can watch the video here.
One could easily argue that children have in their possession more than one pair of similar clothes, it isn't uncommon. Yet, all the inconsistencies around the case make it suspicious.
A part of Netflix's scripted crime anthology series 'Historia de un Crimen', 'The Search' digs deeper into the disappearance of the young girl. The crime series explores notorious controversial crimes that have rocked countries decades, "generated social turmoil and triggered charges of corruption and a search for justice".
The synopsis released by the streaming service is as follows: “A girl disappears from her home in a wealthy urban development in CDMX, but her search is complicated by personal interests. Based on a true story". Starring Dario Yazebk, Diana Bovio and Regina Blandón, 'The Search' aka 'La Busqueda' premieres on Netflix on June 12, 2020.
