Fernanda Benítez, a teenage victim of femicide in Coronel Oviedo. Video capture

The discovery of Fernanda Benítez ‘s remains  occurred after her alleged boyfriend, also 17, came forward to the police and confessed where they might be.

According to Commissioner  Carlos Pereira , head of Prevention and Security in Caaguazú, the young man  cooperated with investigators  and drove to a  vacant lot  where Fernanda’s remains were found.

Read more: Horror in Coronel Oviedo: The charred body of teenager Fernanda Benítez is found, and suspicions lie with her boyfriend, also a minor.

Initial observations indicate that  the body was partially burned , which indicates an attempt to conceal the crime, the commissioner said.

The body was sent to the  Judicial Morgue in Asunción  for forensic studies to help clarify the cause of death and the exact time of death.

Commissioner Pereira stated that ” all specialists are working  on gathering evidence and analyzing the case.” He added that at least one  search was carried out  and that all elements are being cross-referenced to reconstruct the events.

The burned body of a missing minor was found in Coronel Oviedo. A possible clandestine abortion is under investigation.

One of the lines of investigation is the  possible illegal abortion , but this has yet to be confirmed by the investigation, according to what she expressed during an interview on 1020 AM.

Fernanda’s disappearance was reported last Tuesday at the  First Police Station in Coronel Oviedo , after her relatives lost contact with her.

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Missing teenager found dead and boyfriend arrested

Residents of the Villa del Maestro neighborhood of Coronel Oviedo reported the  discovery of charred remains of a person in a vacant lot. The remains belong to the 17-year-old girl  who had been missing since May 27. The National Police arrested the victim’s alleged boyfriend, who is considered the prime suspect.

According to the police report, the body was found by local residents, and prosecutor Gladys Torales de Ovelar and  the girl’s parents were summoned to the scene. They identified her as María Fernanda Benítez . The remains were charred and covered with weeds.

The girl’s father, Leonardo Benítez, told local media that  Fernanda’s classmates said she was apparently pregnant and that she and her boyfriend went to a  local pharmacy where illegal abortions are performed. They also told him that she went under threat and that the young man took her cell phone to prevent her from calling for help.

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“I want justice. It’s confirmed that it’s my daughter’s body; it’s completely burned.  They kidnapped my daughter because she left my house at 10:00 a.m., and by 11:00 a.m. her cell phone was already off.  She was supposedly pregnant, that’s what her friends told me,” said the young woman’s father.

Apparently, the outcome of the abortion wasn’t what they expected, and the young woman felt ill and ended up dying at the home of the teenager’s father. He then took the body to the vacant lot in front of his house, where he tried to hide the tragic incident.  The alleged perpetrator was the victim’s boyfriend and partner, who turned himself in to the police after the gruesome discovery.

The 17-year-old girl  had been missing since May 27 and was last seen leaving her home  that Tuesday morning, intending to go to her friend’s house, although she never arrived. From that moment on, her cell phone had been turned off, further worrying the family.

What does María Fernanda’s autopsy reveal? The forensic doctor’s terrifying account

The autopsy performed on the charred body of María Fernanda Benítez reveals evidence suggesting that her death was due to carbon monoxide poisoning. She also suffered two blunt force injuries to the skull that likely left her incapacitated. However, the case remains “under investigation.”

The forensic doctor of the Public Ministry, Pablo Lemir, provided details of the autopsy performed this Monday on 17-year-old María Fernanda Benítez, found burned to death in a vacant lot in Coronel Oviedo.

First, he noted that they have completed the autopsy in terms of the internal and external inspection of the body.

“Regrettably, I have to tell you that we are leaving the cause of death under investigation,” he clarified.

In this regard, he indicated that some data is still missing, which they will attempt to obtain through laboratory tests in order to more accurately confirm the cause of death.

However, he indicated as his first conclusion that the young woman had blows to the head.

“The young woman suffered two blunt force injuries to her head that likely left her incapacitated, as they were accompanied by cerebral hemorrhage, specifically on the left side of her head,” he explained.

Lemir also stated that there are elements that suggest that María Fernanda died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

The coroner also confirmed that the young woman was 14 to 15 weeks pregnant.

“The fetus was inside the uterine cavity; it was a 14- to 15-week-old male. More than half of the body was charred. The fire was concentrated on the left side of the uterus, and the other half showed signs of putrefaction,” he said.

Did they burn her alive?

Lemir stated that he had inhaled the fire, and “that could have caused poisoning.” The other possibility is that his death could have been “directly caused by the fire.”

“So, since we don’t yet have that result called carboxyhemoglobin, we only have the external characteristics, which are the pink color of the skin,” he noted.

It is presumed that she most likely still had vital signs when she was taken to the vacant lot, where her charred body was found.

“At this point, we can’t conclude. The final decision will depend on the analysis we conduct now,” he emphasized.

Finally, the coroner said that the only visible bruises on her are those on her head.

There is also a fracture in the right arm, and at this time, it is difficult to determine whether that fracture occurred before or after his death.

The suspect’s parents were “not at home”

Prosecutor Gladys Torales stated that the suspect’s parents were not at home when the crime allegedly occurred and claimed to have no knowledge of the crime. Regarding the crime scene, the prosecutor stated that it was at home.

“The parents said they were working, that they weren’t home. They say they didn’t see anything,” he explained, recalling that the teenager was already missing the first time they raided the house.

Torales wrote that the young man’s parents “were very cooperative with the team that conducted the raid.”

Background of the case

Last Monday, María Fernanda left her home but never returned, and her parents reported her missing.

Sadly, her body was found completely incinerated in a vacant lot across the street from her high school boyfriend’s home.

The latter is in custody and has already been charged by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The arrest warrant has also been issued for the “close friend” of the teenager implicated in María Fernanda’s death.

This is Mikahela Chiara Yasy Rolón Melgarejo, 19 years old.