A Miss World contestant has disappeared days before she was due to fly to London for the 2014 competition.
Maria Jose Alvarado - recently crowned Miss Honduras - vanished along with her sister Sofia Trinidad after attending a friend's party last Thursday.
Four people, including Sofia's boyfriend, have been arrested.
Maria, 19, and her sister had been spending time with their parents in Honduras' crime-ridden city Santa Barbara before she was due to fly to the UK to represent her country.
Miss World -the world's oldest beauty pageant - returns to London this year for the first time since it was launched in 1951.
Events start on Thursday November 20 before a grand final is held on December 14 at ExCel London.
Miss Honduras was due to join 120 contestants competing for the crown.
Police chief Jose Coello originally said they were not treating the pair’s disappearance as a crime.
But today it emerged four people including Sofia’s boyfriend had been arrested and were being questioned as the last-known people to see them alive.
Mr Coello confirmed: "Four people are under arrest. They include the owner of the party venue and Sofia Trinidad’s boyfriend. They are being investigated."
Mother of both girls Teresa de Jesus pleaded last night: "Open your hearts and understand my pain.
"There is an all-powerful God that sees everything and I hope you set them free."
The case has sparked fury in the notoriously violent central American country, home to the most dangerous city on the planet.
San Pedro Sula, just over 30 miles from Santa Barbara, is the murder capital of the world with more than 1,200 killings a year among its nearly one million inhabitants.
A murder rate of 169 per 100,000 people far surpasses anything in north America or much larger cities like Lagos or Sao Paulo.
Maria Jose describes herself on a Miss World website profile as an aspiring diplomat who enjoys playing volleyball and football in her spare time.
She beat 18 contestants to win the Miss Honduras crown in April... culled report
I pray she is safe wherever she is and is found soon.
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So strange. Good morning all
ReplyDeleteClear case of kidnapping
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Murder
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Somebody doest want the progress of this gal i swear..... I hope they find her alive and healthy....
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I pray they doesn't wound up dead!
ReplyDeleteThere mom's prayers touched me.
ANGELRAY SAID
ReplyDeleteThis is a case of kidnap, somebody is trying to stop her from going to the pageant, jealousy everywhere.
Na wah oh!
ReplyDeleteThis must be the handwork of bad belle people.
SMH
Ouch! Pray they find them alive
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful lady!!!! May they be found in Jesus name.
ReplyDeletejealousy! someone is jealous of her rising hence......
ReplyDeleteA jealous friend or an angry boyfriend.A scorned Ex too! We see the re-enactment of some of these crimes on reality tvs,most don't end well!
DeleteI pray she's safe
DeleteI wonder why wen somtin happens to a lady d 1st suspect is alwz d ex...dat was how a family friend was kidnapped a week to her wedding 2 years ago,every1 was saying her ex bf shld be arrested..I had to be callin my ex to watch where she goes n be careful,cos I no wan make dem come carry me if aytin happens to her o
DeleteLmao! Before they arrest you for something you know nothing about.
DeleteJust saw on some other blog that they've found them, but unfortunately they were both dead.
DeleteWonder who could be behind this kinda evil.
R.I.P pretty ones
Chaii! She has just few days o! God, May she be found!
ReplyDeleteEeeeya....I hope she is found safe and well.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Beautiful lady!
Mrs Teresa De Jesus,pls hold d faith Maam....she wil be found
#AMothersworstnightmare#
If was a Nigerian,i would have said the witches in her village are using her picture to play ludo.
ReplyDeleteBut since she is no Nigerian,i will simply say uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
Wetin come concern Lagos for the matter? I pray she's found soon.
ReplyDeleteGod let it not be a murder case. Dat San Pedro Cula is d murder capital? Looks like someone is jealous of her. Onde esta Mari-ah?
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waow!!! they've been kidnapped!
ReplyDeleteMumu! What's "wow" about being kidnapped
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Sick sick Millie!
I hope she ok wherever she is.
ReplyDeleteThe crime rate in that part of the world no be here o. I hope they find her alive.
ReplyDeleteJealousy everywhere,,,i pray she's found
ReplyDeleteWow! I wonder what happened... Is anyone going for the pageant in London?
ReplyDeleteHian!
ReplyDeleteStella she has been found dead with her sister.confirm cnn
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