The body of a teenage TikTok star was found cut up into pieces and put in bags at a water treatment plant.
Staff discovered Fabiola Alejandra Caicedo Piña’s remains and identified them thanks to her distinctive tattoos.
She had been missing since June 7, posting her final video on the platform where she was known as ‘China Baby’ on June 5.
Fabiola often posted videos of herself posing and dancing before the 19-year-old went missing.
Fabiola’s remains were found in the El Agustino district of Lima, Peru, on June 9. Police say she may have been strangled before being dismembered.
Police are investigating to see if the crime was committed by the family or the close circle of her ex-boyfriend, who died in 2022 in unclear circumstances.
Fabiola – originally from Barquisimeto, Venezuela – left her country in 2022, when she was 16.
Her then-boyfriend accompanied her, Mayner Yoffrey Giménez Castrillo, was 21 years older than her.
Their journey, according to Fabiola’s family, was voluntary but illegal.
Once in Lima, they lived together in a rental flat in the Huaycán district, where, months later, Mayner was found dead.
His death was ruled a suicide, but his family never believed this version.
They accused Fabiola and an alleged lover of Mayner’s death, but Fabiola was never the centre of any investigation.
Some reports say the area where she worked in Peru was controlled by Venezuelan mafiosi, who had threatened to make her ‘pay’ for Mayner’s death.
Police believe that on the night before her death, she was lured away from a party under false pretences.
Some reports say she was tortured – with cigarette burns on her legs and feet – before being killed.
Her remains were allegedly dumped into the Rímac River and ended up at the water treatment plant.
Detectives are still reviewing CCTV footage and gathering statements from those who knew Fabiola.
There have been no arrests yet, but local media say key breakthroughs are expected in the coming days.
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