Searchers found a body in the Dominican Republic's Yaque del Norte River on Tuesday, 6 October. Relatives say the body is that of the 13-year-old girl. She rode towards the river before dawn on Sunday 4 October with Edwin Reinaldo Rodríguez Cruz and a 16-year-old girl. He said on video that he attacked both with a knife.
Rodríguez Cruz says the girl then entered the water herself, and the 16-year-old escaped wounded to raise the alarm. His relatives handed him to police in Navarrete that Sunday night. Forensic scientists must now establish how the girl died, and her aunt disputes parts of his account.
