A quiet community in Santa Martha Acatitla has been left heartbroken after the sudden disappearance and tragic loss of 10-year-old Perla Alison, a cheerful girl whose simple errand to buy candy turned into a devastating mystery.
It was an ordinary afternoon — one Perla had lived countless times before. She told her family she’d be right back, walked out with a few coins in hand, and never returned. When hours passed without a sign of her, panic spread through the neighborhood.
Authorities immediately launched a nationwide Amber Alert, mobilizing police, volunteers, and online communities across Mexico. Her photo was everywhere — shared thousands of times as strangers united with one goal: to bring Perla home safely. For days, hope hung in the air, fragile but alive.
Then came the discovery that shattered that hope.
A resident near the Constitución de 1917 metro station reported a foul odor coming from an abandoned building. When investigators arrived, what they found confirmed the community’s deepest fears. Inside the neglected property, they discovered the lifeless body of little Perla.
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