Family Says Influencer’s Death Was Not Suicide

An Argentine model and influencer has been found dead in her apartment in Mexico, with her family demanding her boyfriend be arrested for murder.

Photo shows Agostina Jalabert, undated. Agostina Jalabert, an Argentine model and influencer, was found dead in an apartment in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (@agoswt/Newsflash)

The victim’s unnamed partner claims she took her own life while he was sleeping, but her family insists he killed her and staged a suicide.

Agostina Jalabert was found dead by her sister, Candela, in the flat they shared in the coastal resort town of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo State, on 18th February.

Agostina, 31, hailed from the city of Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province, but had been living in Playa del Carmen with her sister since September.

Agostina’s ex-boyfriend had gone to Playa del Carmen on holiday in late December.

He and the model had ended up rekindling their relationship and he had ended up moving in with the sisters.

After spending a few days away from home, Candela, 21, returned to the condominium on the day in question and was met by the security guard.

He warned her that neighbours had called police twice due to shouts coming from the apartment the previous night.

Photo shows Agostina Jalabert with her sister, Candela Jalabert, undated. Agostina Jalabert, an Argentine model and influencer, was found dead in an apartment in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (Newsflash)

She tried to enter to the flat but found the front door locked, with the entry code not working.

She knocked on the door repeatedly and it was finally answered by Agostina’s boyfriend.

When she went into the bathroom, she came across the grim scene of her sister’s lifeless, bruised body hanging from the towel rack by a belt.

She tried to revive Agostina, but she was already dead.

Her family is now demanding that authorities in Mexico investigate the boyfriend for femicide.

Bizarrely, they are reported to be investigating her death as a suspected suicide.

A relative told Argentine media: “The boyfriend is not arrested, his phone is not seized, nor are toxicological tests carried out, nor is it verified if he has any injuries.”

Photo shows Agostina Jalabert, undated. Agostina Jalabert, an Argentine model and influencer, was found dead in an apartment in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (@agosjalabert/Newsflash)

The boyfriend is claiming that he was asleep at the time Agostina allegedly took her own life.

His identity has not been reported, but he is said to hail from the city of Viedma in Argentina’s Rio Negro Province.

Agostina’s family says the couple met during the COVID-19 pandemic but split “due to a violent episode that was not reported”.

Her uncle, German Jalabert, told Argentine media: “Agostina was not depressed, she had remade her life in Mexico and her job was going well.”

Her dad, Patagones Health Secretary Edgardo Jalabert, wrote online: “Have a good trip, daughter! I will miss you forever! Rest in peace, my love!”

At the time of writing, Agostina had 16,200 followers on Instagram. Before her untimely death, she had dreamed of working full-time as a model.

The investigation is ongoing.