The Disappearance (February 2018):

  Fernanda Maciel, a 21-year-old pregnant woman from Santiago, Chile, who had successfully turned her life around after earlier struggles with substance abuse, vanished on February 10, 2018. 

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Initial Flawed Investigation:

  Chile’s main police force (Carabineros) initially made little progress, ruling out several suspects with alibis. Dissatisfied with the slow response, Fernanda’s family reviewed local CCTV footage themselves and noticed her walking toward a nearby warehouse where her close friend and neighbor of 10 years, 23-year-old Felipe Andrés Rojas Lobos, worked. Despite questioning Felipe, police initially found no evidence in the warehouse.

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PDI Takes Over & Uncovers Clues:

  Due to police inaction, the investigation was transferred to the Policía de Investigaciones (PDI). PDI investigators tracked store receipts showing Felipe had purchased a 25kg bag of cement and floor mortar on the exact morning Fernanda disappeared. 

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The Discovery (June 2019):

  Sixteen months after Fernanda vanished, Felipe’s ex-girlfriend came forward stating he had confessed to pushing Fernanda during an argument. PDI searched the warehouse for the sixth time, digging beneath piles of trash and a concrete slab to discover Fernanda’s mummified remains in a fetal position, along with the remains of her unborn baby. 

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The True Crime & Confession:

  Autopsy results contradicted Felipe’s "accidental fall" story, proving Fernanda was strangled. In December 2020, Felipe fully confessed: he had lured Fernanda to the warehouse to smoke marijuana, ambushed her, strangled her unconscious, sexually assaulted her, and buried her while she was still alive under lime and cement. He then reset and sold her phone, later appearing on national television pretending to help search for her.

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Trial & Justice (April 2023):

  After numerous trial delays caused by hunger strikes, suicide attempts, and legal shifts, Felipe Andrés Rojas Lobos was convicted of murder, aggravated sexual assault, and causing an abortion. On April 25, 2023, he was sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility only after 40 years.

A 7 month pregnant, 21-year-old girl suddenly went missing with her best friend and neighbour speaking to the media and looking everywhere for her. Little did the media know, this neighbour had raped her, tied her up, buried her alive and then poured cement and concrete over the burial site.