A Fake Ransom That Led To Murder - August 11 2025

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🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.6	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:06.0	We have a weird homicide.
0:08.8	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:12.9	There is nothing worse than knowing something is wrong with your child,
0:19.3	but not having all of the answers.
0:21.9	On August 11, 2020, a body was found in a case that saw a mother desperately trying to find
0:28.6	her daughter, a case that did not have a happy ending for the loved ones of the victim.
0:35.4	So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day
0:40.4	with a morning cup of murder. On August 10th, 2020, a woman called the police and reported her
0:47.2	23-year-old daughter, Lizabeth Flores, missing. According to what Maria Rubio told the police, Lisbeth, a mother herself, left from her
0:57.7	home in Brownville, Texas on August 9th, and made her way towards Matamoros, Mexico, to visit
1:04.1	with a boyfriend. She said that she would be back later that same night. When she didn't return
1:10.2	home,
1:13.6	her mother became incredibly worried and started calling her over and over again,
1:16.8	hoping that Lisbeth would finally pick up.
1:19.6	She later told the news outlet Telemundo
1:21.7	that she stayed up all night waiting for her daughter.
1:26.0	Just over 24 hours after the missing person's report was filed,
1:30.0	the body of Lisbeth Flores was found in the northeast Mexican border city of Matamoros.
1:37.1	Found in a grassy area near a construction site,
1:40.7	sources say the 23-year-old was likely tortured before her death.
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