The discovery of a man’s body inside the abandoned Motel Nueva Castilla in Escobedo, Nuevo León, has reignited scrutiny of a site already infamous for the 2022 death of Debanhi Escobar. A content creator who entered the sealed property without authorisation found the remains in an advanced state of decomposition in room 156, following drag marks on the floor. The state prosecutor’s office said preliminary forensic exams indicate the man died of an acute myocardial infarction, and no signs of violence were detected. However, Mario Escobar, Debanhi’s father, has formally requested that federal authorities review the new finding and share all forensic data, arguing that the motel should have remained under full judicial guard. He noted that a court order had returned 95 per cent of the property to its owners, a decision he contends may compromise evidence.

In Mexico City, two separate discoveries added to the caseload of the capital’s prosecutor’s office. In the Gustavo A. Madero borough, agents executing a search warrant for a missing 83-year-old woman found the body of an elderly female at the entrance of a ransacked house; valuables were missing and the property was secured for a disappearance investigation. Across the city in Coyoacán, a 58-year-old transgender woman, Abiel García Velazco, was found dead in her apartment on 19 July, with blood on her face and bound with a gag. The last contact with her family was four days earlier. The case has been classified as “femicide for other causes,” a designation that advocacy groups say obscures the victim’s gender identity and fits a pattern of institutional erasure. Activists point to data showing that 35 of the 60 LGBT+ people murdered in Mexico in 2025 were trans women.

Italian authorities in Turin are investigating the death of a woman between 30 and 40 years old, found in her apartment in the Barriera di Milano district after colleagues reported her missing for several days. Police discovered the body in an advanced state of decomposition; a medical examiner could not immediately determine the time or cause of death, and an autopsy has been ordered. Neighbours told investigators they had noticed a pungent smell and the silence of her small dog, but assumed she had gone on holiday. The woman, who had recently moved in with her partner and young son, was remembered as playing in the courtyard. No arrests have been reported.

In the United States, an arrest has brought a possible break in a cold case that had stumped Texas investigators for over a decade. Mayra Velasquez, a 42-year-old real estate agent, was taken into custody on 17 July and charged with capital murder in the 2012 stabbing death of Irasema Chavez, who was found with nearly 100 wounds in her Arlington apartment. Police said DNA evidence recovered at the scene was re-examined using investigative genetic genealogy, a technique that produced a lead earlier this year. Velasquez, who had posted photographs of international travel in the years after the killing, is being held without bond. A joint news conference by Arlington police and the FBI is expected to provide further details.

Across all four locations, the investigations remain at different stages. In Nuevo León, the prosecutor’s office maintains the motel death was natural, while the Escobar family presses for deeper scrutiny. In Mexico City, no arrests have been announced in either the Gustavo A. Madero or Coyoacán cases. Turin police are analysing surveillance footage and awaiting autopsy results. The Texas case is the only one in which a suspect has been charged. Authorities in each jurisdiction have said inquiries are active.