According to local authorities, a woman from Kansas had traveled to Mexico with the intention of seeking treatment at a drug rehabilitation center in Ciudad Juárez, a border city. Tragically, she became a victim of a gruesome act of violence, where she was brutally murdered, dismembered, and her remains were reportedly placed into a blender.
From Vice:
Celia Yaneth Castañeda, 35, was taken to the rehab center by her relatives after she returned from the United States, where she had been living for the last 10 years and developed an addiction to drugs and alcohol.
During her first night at the Monarch rehab center, Castañeda allegedly had a “violent episode” because of her withdrawal symptoms and attacked both of the owners—identified as Diana Paola and Claudia Rubi—according tonews reports.
Paola and Rubi subsequently beat Castañeda to death in retaliation, and then tried to hide her dead body by cutting it into pieces, according to local authorities.
The gruesome details emerged during a recent court hearing in Ciudad Juárez, where the judge read a police report describing the gruesome scene that unfolded at the property.
On arrival, police officers found a metallic trash can that contained black-and-white pajamas and a woman's slipper stained with blood. As the officers proceeded further into the property, Paola and Rubi allegedly attempted to flee but were quickly apprehended, according to the police report.
Authorities then found plastic buckets filled with human bones and flesh in the bathtub, along with plastic bags containing six large bones and two knee bones, according to the court hearing. After searching the kitchen, investigators found a blender containing human flesh. The suspects had reportedly attempted to liquefy the victim's genitalia, along with other soft body tissues and intestines, according to local news reports.
During the hearing, the judge said he withheld from disclosing even more graphic details in order to preserve the dignity of the victim.
It is truly distressing that the judge's description of the crime stopped just shy of mentioning the horrific act of placing body parts into a blender. The extent of the brutality leaves us wondering how much more horrifying the details could have been.
The capacity for two individuals to commit such an abominable crime is difficult to comprehend. It raises profound questions about the depths of human depravity and the factors that could drive individuals to carry out such heinous acts.
