When 3-year-old Luz Maida was awakened by her mother in the middle of the night and pushed into the arms of a strange man, she could not understand what was happening.
The little girl had allegedly just been sold by her mother, Aurelia Salinas, to her drug-dealer boyfriend.
Salinas, 42, reportedly made the exchange for 30 pieces of crack cocaine, worth about $12.
What police say happened next is truly unimaginable.
The Unthinkable Act
The unthinkable act, which happened in Pedro Juan Caballero, the capital city of Paraguay, was captured on CCTV, and heartbreakingly shows little Luz trying to tear herself away from her captor.
Luz could be seen wearing a blue dress emblazoned with Disney’s “Frozen” characters, as the man treks down a dirty path with her slung over his shoulder.
According to reports, he was seen slapping her with his free hand to stop her fidgeting,
3-year-old Found Dead
Just over 24 hours later, the girl’s body was found by horrified neighbours inside an abandoned house.
Sadly, her corpse was found covered in a shirt and placed on top of a bed after the dealer, who has not been named, reportedly raped and murdered the 3-year-old.
Furthermore, initial reports suggest the little girl was suffocated.
Lover Confesses
Enraged locals attempted to lynch Salinas, as she was being arrested after allegedly confessing her involvement in her daughter’s murder to police, local media said.
Her boyfriend later confessed to the murder, the report added.
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Investigators have claimed the family had a “history of tragedies”.
According to them, the mom of eight had allegedly allowed her 12-year-old daughter to be sexually abused by a 30-year-old man.
Both cases are undergoing investigation.
