Haunting Text messages from a group of women brutally murdered on a beach holiday in Ecuador have been revealed. Three days after they went missing on April 4, Denisse Reyna, 19, Yuliana Macias, 21, and Nayeli Tapia, 22, were discovered buried in a shallow grave with their throats slit, according to the New York Post.
Two of the women sent messages to loved ones suggesting they were in danger. One of the haunting text messages read: “I feel that something is going to happen”.
Macias was a singer, Tapia was a mother and Reyna was an agricultural engineering student.
According to local sources, the women were tortured, murdered, and buried on April 5. After noticing a dog sniffing the ground beside the Esmeraldas River near Quininde, Ecuador, and smelling a terrible odor, a group of fishermen called the authorities.
Ecuadorean news outlet Vistazo reported that victim Tapia sent her sister a WhatsApp message with her live location and wrote, “I’m just sending you just in case” at 11:10 pm on April 4.
According to the publication, the women were found dead near the location.
The outlet further reported that hours before Reyna went missing, she texted a friend, “I feel that something is going to happen and if something happens to me, remember that I love you very much.”
The women were found buried. They were tied up and their mouths were covered. There were also signs they had been tortured.
“They were young, had beach clothes, bathing suits, light clothing, shorts,” Diego Velastegui of the Quininde Police told local media.
The police also recovered a cell phone, which they hope will help them figure out what happened as investigators continue to look for the killer or perpetrators.
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