Teenage girl found strangled in Juárez field
By Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times
Article Launched: 07/19/2008 12:00:00 AM MDT
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The decomposing body of a teenage girl was found Thursday afternoon at the edge of an agricultural field in colonia Riberas del Bravo, Chihuahua state police said.

She was the second woman slain in Juárez this week.

An autopsy determined the unidentified girl, who was about 16 years old, died from manual strangulation, state police said.

There were no other obvious signs of violence. The girl, who was dark-skinned and had dark brown hair, was wearing a green-and-white blouse and a beige miniskirt. She had no shoes.

The case was taken over by a task force on the Juárez women's murders.

Wednesday morning, a woman was found in the abandoned Casa Quiñonez retail center in a construction zone downtown, police said. She died at a hospital about an hour after she was found.

The unidentified woman, who was about 45 years old, had multiples cuts and bruises on her body and may have been stabbed. An autopsy was pending.

Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com;546-6102.



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