Body Of Schoolgirl, 14, Found Burned After Meeting With Man She Met On Insta

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Story By: Ana LacasaSub-EditorJoana Mihajlovska, Agency: Newsflash

The partially-burned body of this missing schoolgirl has been discovered just before Christmas after she met a man on Instagram who invited her to a pool party.

Florencia Romano, 14, was reported as missing after she met with a local butcher, identified as Pablo Arancibia, 33, on Saturday 12th December.

The suspect, who met the girl on Instagram, invited her to a pool party which included alcoholic drinks when he claimed other people were also joining them.

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Arancibia has since been arrested together with his partner Micaela Mendez, 27. Police confirmed he has a criminal record related to harassing teenage girls on social networks that included extorting money and other abuses.

The teen girl reportedly left her home in Guaymallen and took a bus to the city of Maipu in the western Argentine province of Mendoza.

When she did not return, her family organised a search and raised the alarm with police who also began their enquiries.

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Local newspaper Cronica said she was killed after Arancibia tried to have sex with her, and when she fought him off and screamed, she was allegedly murdered.

A neighbour who heard the teenage girl screaming called police, but an emergency services worker who took the call thought it was a hoax and cut the line, according to local media.

The worker has since been suspended pending an enquiry by the authorities.

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When the police quizzed the butcher and his partner, they claimed that the girl turned up but left later that day.

However, this was doubted as she was not seen on any CCTV cameras at any of the local bus stations and therefore it is believed they went to the suspect’s home.

Prosecutor Claudia Rios, who is leading this investigation, ordered a raid on the house and the police discovered blood in one of the rooms.

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Several days later, they found the body of a girl later confirmed to be Florencia Romano dumped in an irrigation canal in a remote area near the suspect’s house.

The body was found wrapped in blankets and partially burned, and it is believed it was burned after the girl’s death in order to hide the crime.

Preliminary reports said the victim had her skull and nose broken with several other injuries to different parts of the body, according to the newspaper Infobae.

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The victim also reportedly suffered a cut to her neck.

The two suspects have so far declined to give statements and they will remain under arrest while the investigation continues.

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