KIAH-TV - Fort Bend County Teen Found Dead in Mexico

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Fort Bend County Teen Found Dead in Mexico

KIAH Staff Report KIAH

7:46 PM CDT, May 4, 2010

A Fort Bend county teen was killed while traveling in Mexico. A Mexican newspaper said the body of 18-year-old Elisabeth Mandala was found with the bodies of two men inside a pickup truck on a highway in Mina, Nuevo Leon, a small town outside of Monterrey on Saturday morning.

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Snippet(s):

" It looked like a horrific crash, but after taking a closer look, Mexican authorities said the scene was staged and the teen and two men were beaten to death."

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"Mandala's mother reported her daughter missing on May 1. According to HPD, Mandala's mother told them her daughter was possibly headed to Mexico with an unknown person and had mentioned wanting to be a coyote. She also told police she'd recently learned her daughter was an exotic dancer."