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That night, Paulette arrived home from Valle de Bravo, accompanied by her sister and her father, Mauricio Gebara. The little girls' mother, Lizette Farah, was waiting for their arrival to tuck them in and prepare them for bed. She did so. It was the last day she saw little Paulette.
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In the morning, Erika, one of Paulette's two nannies, came to wake her up to take her to school and noticed her disappearance; she warned Mrs. Lizette and began the search in the building.
Mauricio notified his sister of the child's disappearance, who reported the case to the authorities in Huixquilucan; later, the mayor notified the State of Mexico's Attorney General's Office. -
The girl didn't show up, her family had searched the entire apartment and building. There were no signs of robbery or kidnapping. The housing complex was guarded, but no one saw anything. In addition, she was unable to go out alone because she had a motor and language disability.
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In the afternoon, the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico disseminated a poster with the photo of the minor and some data that showed her age, appearance and physical deficiencies.
Paulette's aunt, Arlette Farah, uploaded the photo of the little girl to social networks, where the news spread with great speed. -
In the evening, Lizette called the alleged abductor, asked for her daughter to be returned to her and assured that there would be no reprisals.
She handed out fliers with Paulette's face on them, had spectaculars put up, TV and public transportation ads.
Mauricio also appeared in the media asking for the return of his daughter. He remembered that he had gone out to exercise on the morning of Monday, March 22, when Paulette had disappeared. -
The Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico announced that it would root Mauricio and Lizette, as well as Erika and Martha Casimiro, Paulette's nannies, for falsehood and inconsistencies in their statements.
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Paulette's parents spent a few hours at the Mexican attorney general's office and then were transferred to a hotel where they would fulfill their rooting. That same day, experts from the agency carried out the reconstruction of the events.
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Around 2:00 a.m., Paulette's body was found lifeless in her own bedroom, a place previously visited by experts with trained dogs, and where the girl's mother had given interviews.
The little girl had died of "mechanical asphyxiation due to nasal obstruction and thorax-abdominal compression". -
Lizette initiated an amparo proceeding against the arraigo, claiming that she hadn´t intervened in the events that led to her daughter's death. Specialists indicated that the woman suffered from personality disorders. During the procedure, Mrs. Farah was given an indication.
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A judge granted Paulette's parents and nannies their freedom. Mauricio left the hotel where he was staying at 10:20 am; Lizette, the main suspect, at 11:00 am, and Erika and Martha at noon.
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In separate interviews, Mauricio and Lizette entered into a war of verbal accusations. While Lizette claimed that her husband blamed her for Paulette's death, he said that the death couldn´t have been just an accident and that he couldn´t get his hands on the fire for his wife.
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Paulette's body was buried in Legaria's French Pantheon in Mexico City. The funeral procession was headed by the girl's mother, the Gebara family didn't come to the funeral because of an "agreement".
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The Gebara family refuses to let Lizette see her other daughter, who has been with her father's family since Sunday, April 4.
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The Federal District Attorney General's Office, which also collaborated in the case, granted custody of Paulette's sister to Lizzette, who filed a complaint against her husband demanding custody of the child.
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Although he defended the investigation and conclusions of the case, Alberto Bazbaz resigned from his position as head of the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico; he said that a prosecutor's office needs confidence to act effectively and the dependence on his office had been lost due to the questioning of his performance in the investigations into the death of Paulette Gebara Farah.
