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Honduras beauty queen, María José Alvarado, and her older sister (Sofía) who had been missing, were today (Wednesday, November 19) found dead with their bodies buried in the sand near where they disappeared, the police have said.
The 19-year-old, who had been scheduled to leave for London (England) today to compete in the Miss World contest, and her sister had not been seen since Thursday (November 13), after they attended a birthday party for Sofía Alvarado’s boyfriend (Plutarco Ruiz) at a resort near their home in western Honduras.
The director of the National Police, Gen. Ramón Sabillón, said during a news conference that Mr. Ruiz had shot Sofía during an argument after she danced with another man at the party and that María José was shot twice in the back as she tried to flee.
