WARNING: Details in this story are naturalistic.
The remains of a Mexican woman who traveled to Peru to have a romantic relationship with a medical student she met online washed up on a beach earlier this month, and authorities believe she organs may have been harvested.
Blanca Arellano, 51, told her family she was take a trip to Limawhere she planned to meet 37-year-old Juan Pablo Jesus Villafuerte after months of virtual courtship, according to The Independent.
On November 7, Orellano told her niece Carla Orellano that the affair was going well. However, soon Arellana stopped communicating with her family.
“I never thought I’d be in this situation, but today I’m asking for your support to spread this post and find one of the most beloved and important people in my life.” Carla tweeted November 12. “My aunt Blanca Olivia Arellano Gutierrez disappeared on Monday November 7 in Peru, she is of Mexican origin, we fear for her life.”
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The remains of Blanca Olivia Arellano Gutierrez, 51, were found in Peru days after she went there to meet a man she met online.
(Blanca Olivia Arellano Gutierrez on Facebook)
In a series of messages, Carla Arellano said Villafuerte told her the couple had broken up and that her aunt was returning to Mexico after saying “I couldn’t offer the life she wanted.”
“I decided to talk to Juan P because he was the only contact she had in this country and that’s where our fear started,” Carla wrote.
On November 10, the authorities of Peru discovered a severed finger with a silver ring attached, which was confirmed to be Blanco Orellano. In the days that followed, more remains washed up, including a faceless head, arm, and torso with all the internal organs that appeared to have been collected.
On November 17, Villafuerte was arrested in connection with Arellano’s disappearance.
“Juan Pablo Villafuerte has been arrested on charges of trafficking in human organs,” Peru’s attorney general said at a press conference on Monday, according to Peru’s Latin Noticias.
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Shortly after Arellano Villafuerte disappeared, he posted videos on TikTok showing him dissecting human organs, including the pancreas and brain, according to a report by the Independent.
Authorities searched his home, finding blood spatter in several rooms, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported.
“My aunt was a kind, warm person, full of light, intelligent, selfless, loving and that’s how she should be remembered,” Carla tweeted on Wednesday, along with thanks to Peruvian authorities.
