The current Miss Honduras, Maria Jose Alvarado has been found dead after she was reportedly missing a week ago when she and her sister Sofia disappeared last week Thursday after they were seen leaving a party near the northern city of Santa Barbara.
The current Miss Honduras, Maria Jose Alvarado has been found dead after she was reportedly missing a week ago when she and her sister Sofia disappeared last week Thursday after they were seen leaving a party near the northern city of Santa Barbara.
The beauty queen was ready to compete in the upcoming Miss World contest in London before she met her untimely death.
According to the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation chief Leandro Osorio who said the bodies of the Beauty queen and her sister sofia has been found in Cablotales village, near the River Aguagua.
Plutarco Ruiz, said to be the boyfriend of Ms Trinidad, was detained along with another man, Aris Maldonado.
According to Reuters news agency, the two men arrested are believed to be the last people to have seen the young women before they disappeared.
Police spokes man, Jose Coello said:
“Both are being questioned as part of the investigation into the disappearance of [Ms Alvarado] and her sister,”
“We hope to establish what role they may have played.”
A United Nations report has it that Honduras has the world’s highest homicide rate, with 90.4 people murdered per 100,000 of the population.