The latest images of Maitenathe 14-year-old girl who was found dead this Thursday in Las Heras. The teenager, originally from Merlo, had disappeared while going to school Wednesday morning and her family was desperately searching for her.
However, at home, a tragic reality would be revealed. Maitena had left nine letters dedicated to his family and friendsand a series of scheduled emails for their loved ones to receive.
The young woman had reached the door of EES No. 16 at 7:10 on Wednesday, when she made an excuse not to enter. Later, she was seen on the streets of Merlo. The security cameras showed her, first, around 8:20 in Bicentenario and Peru. The teenager walked with a determined step.
He had light blue, worn jean pants, an olive green sweatshirt, a black jacket, and black and white sneakers. On his back he carried a square, beige backpack.
In all recordings she was seen walking alone. The images were provided by neighbors’ security cameras, and the videos were complemented with testimonies from witnesses who saw her in both Merlo and Las Heras.
Other images that were later revealed showed her walking through other streets in the area, while she continued her walk to the Kilometer 34.5 station on the Sarmiento line. When you get there, He got on the 9:15 train and headed to Las Heraswhere it was found in a field no signs of violence.
“Please, people of Las Heras, look for. She left in her written letters that she wanted to be somewhere quiet. Look in the fields and clear places,” Noelia, a family friend, had pleaded hours before the young woman was found.
His family did not learn of his disappearance until Wednesday at noon, when they were notified that he had never entered the school. In her house the young woman He had left the letters dedicated to his family and friends and his cell phone with the password written down..
“Maitena had everything planned. She left letters, her cell phone and her password, emails scheduled for her family to receive on a certain date,” Noelia said in an interview with LN+. The tragic end was a surprise for the family. “She was not a girl with suicidal ideas,” she added.
First versions, spread by the family friend, indicated that Maitena had had conversations for a long period of time with two unknown people, whose cell phones were from Paraguay, who instigated her to commit suicide. However, sources close to the investigation denied the versions to THE NATION and indicated that there was no contact with foreigners or conversations of this nature that led to his death.
In Merlo, the young woman’s family and friends had called for a march and had posted posters throughout the town. During the afternoon, they repeatedly asked for the appearance of the teenager, and sang “look for Maitena.”
Once the news of his death became known, several of them stayed in the area. Several teenagers, companions of a group scout to which Maitena belonged, They sat on the floor, held hands and swayed while crying together.. The young people gathered around a flag that read: “We are looking for Maitena!!”.
Matías, a fellow scout of the young woman, told what Maitena was like in the group to which she belonged in the branch between the ages of 11 and 14. “She was very sociable. He was always encouraged to appear in the videos we uploaded on social networks. It was a love of person“, he pointed out in dialogue with LN+.
He explained that he last saw her last Saturday, at one of the scout meetings. “We saw her in activity. She was very well. That’s why the news shocked me quite a bit,” he said. And he added in dialogue with Chronicle: “She was always active. She was the one who was always encouraged to go to camps, to do activities. He loved challenges, dancing, singing. He had a positive attitude. Always very loving.”
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