of 1 [Video - finding the body GRAPHIC] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YG7ktc0asw), Paulette's bedroom on the morning of her disappearance. }); let gads_event; Paulette was an adorable 4 year old little girl who was initially believed to have gone missing from her bed on Sunday, March 21st of 2010; eventually it was determined that she'd been in her bed the entire time. They looked everywhere for the girl, not only in their apartment but in the entire building: inside the elevators, in the garden, the pool, the playground and even the parking lot but Paulette was nowhere to be found. She would say that, at one point, a gun was placed on her head as well. The case of Paulettes death rocked the nation of Mexico. Its surmised that this had very much to do with Paulettes death suddenly being deemed as accidental. The nannies claimed Paulettes parents were having financial problems which increased speculation that the parents killed her in order to relieve themselves of her expensive medical care. He led the finance ministrys intelligence unit after Nietos presidential appointment. Another strange fact: the pajamas which Paulette would ultimately be found wearing were shown during a television interview days before the babys corpse was discovered. Featuring real-life footage, Netflix's chilling crime thriller, 'The Search' aka 'La Busqueda', digs deeper into the case by examing it from different angles. Paulette was an adorable 4 year old little girl who was initially believed to have gone missing from her bed on Sunday, March 21st of 2010; eventually it was determined that shed been in her bed the entire time. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. A massive search to find the little girl was set in motion, and the story turned into a media frenzy in Mexico - with flyers with Paulette's face on distributed, billboards put up and advertisements plastered on TV and public transport. However, nothing was proven against either one of them. }); When asked about them, Farah stated that the pajamas belong to Paulette's sister. Despite this claim, these pajamas remained among Paulette's belongings, and as they could be seen in subsequent interviews in Paulette's closet. Even though her parents' room was next door, they did not recall hearing anything and insisted Paulette could not go out alone, due to her disabilities. The crime scene was never closed off; hundreds of people walked in and out, leaving dirty footprints behind; a friend of Lizette had stayed at the Gebaras place, sleeping on Paulettes bed; and the police officers working on the case were even allowed to pee in the girls bathroom. 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The housing complex had surveillance, but no evidence of Paulette leaving or being taken was found. [20], "[Lizette] asks, 'Why mom?' He recalled that he had gone out to work on the morning of March 22, when Paulette had apparently disappeared. She had recently returned from a trip with her father (Mauricio Gebara) and sister. Theres no proof of this, Im only telling you what the leading theories are. They were taken to a nearby hotel and interrogated there by the police. If it was murder, whether accidental or otherwise (and general consensus says that it was) its sadly safe to say that the killer or killers will forever get away with it. Nonetheless, the forensic experts working on the case would later testify that the girl could have only been death 3 days prior to her discovery; her body, then, couldnt have been hidden under the bed the entire time and her death was most likely a homicide. Her mother Lizette Farah then put her to bed and went to sleep in her own room. Here is an interview she gave (it is in Spanish): Of course, this does not exonerate Lizette from the case as well. After all, she was quoted saying, even if I lose Paulette, I still have another daughter., What the investigators in the case never told the public was just how poorly they had handled the investigation; they had tried to hide their own inconsistencies behind their accusations against Lizette. Lizette Farah Farah and Mauricio Gebara Rahal were married in 2001, accompanied by 600 guests they exchanged vows in the church Madre de Dios de Ceztochowa, in the small community of Lomas de Tecamachalco, Naucalpan, state of Mexico. They awoke 7 year old Lizette Jr and got her off to school before getting little Paulette up. [13], On April 3, Farah initiated an amparo proceeding against the restriction order, claiming that she had not been involved in the events that caused her daughter's death. Paulette, he said, had been death from 5 to 9 days (probably on the day she went missing). [10][3], "Each one of them at a certain moment have falsified their statements, which has made it difficult to know the truth of the facts and clarify a firm line of investigation," said then Attorney General Alberto Bazbaz. The video compares photographs of Paulette's body dressed in blue and red reindeer pajamas with an interview with Farah recorded several days before the girl's body was found, in which the same pajamas appear in the girl's room. Paulettes father belonged to an influential family. document.querySelector("#google_image_div").addEventListener('click',function(){ Her mother Lizette Farah then put her to bed and went to sleep in her own room. This is the reason that, at the start of the investigation, public sentiment was largely against Lizette. I saw that she was not there, and I also went into the bedroom of the parents to look for her, to the bedroom of the other girl [Paulette's older sister, Lizette], and from there we started looking for her again. The shocking discovery of the lifeless Paulette Gebara Farah under the mattress of her own bed . The explanation for the lack of odour during decomposition was that the blankets covering Paulette's body had concealed the smell for nine days. This was reported on March 31st, although they did not reveal the exact date and hour of her death. [10][3], On April 6th, Paulette's body was buried at the Panten Francs de San Joaqun in Mexico City. They were not excluded by the investigators either. [9] The funeral procession was headed by Farah without any member of the Gebara family in attendance due to an "agreement". } That said, Please beware that this article does include the very upsetting crime scene photos; if this may upset you, it may be for the best that you back away now. Wrapped in blankets underneath the foot of the bed, wedged in between the mattress and the wooden footboard, investigators found the decomposing body of the four-year-old. Just a few days after the disappearance Lizette opened her home to the media and just about anyone else who had wanted to come inside; the mother sat at the foot of her missing daughters bed and gave numerous video interviews hell at one point a friend of Lizettes had slept in the bed which Paulette had gone missing from! As Farah and the interviewing reporter examine various items owned by Paulette, the aforementioned pajamas appear. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), But on the evening of Sunday March 21, 2010, their life was turned upside down. So there are a few theories here. I do believe that they know more than what they're saying, but might have been threatened to not speak out. Paulette proved them wrong once again, and she learned how to walk with the help of horse theraphy. And if the girl had been dead for so long, how come no odour of putrefaction was ever detected? } On the 20th of July 2005, Paulette Gebara Farah came into the world. The family were thought to have a comfortable and affluent life - with Paulette's father working in real estate, and her mother working as an attorney. After speaking with the neighbors and the security guards, who had not seen the girl, the police was finally called. But, after an autopsy into the little girl's cause of death, the official story behind Paulette's disappearance was finally revealed. The girl was born at only 25 weeks old, weighing 800 grams and measuring 35 cm. The public too, had seen the image of a cold mother, one who had probably disposed of her special needs child in order to be free again. This case is highly controversial and is often compared to JonBenet Ramsey, and it is just as frustrating - perhaps even more so. On April 6th Paulette was buried at Panten Frances cemetery in Mexico City; it may be important to note that none of the paternal family attended the funeral. Paulette Gebara Farah. Mrs Farah went on to give interviews where she proclaimed her innocence and at one point attempted to file a lawsuit against the state of Mexico for moral damages, claiming accusations about her murdering her daughter had "ruined her life". Though the miracle child was doing everything they all said could never be done, she did it with assistance. And sure enough, one week later - on March 29 - Mr Bazbaz shocked the nation when he announced Paulette's parents and nannies were in police custody, due to falsehoods and inconsistencies in their stories. Lo que no se dijo, Im not so sure anymore. The police received heavy criticism over how they handled the investigation and Mr Bazbaz later resigned as Attorney General on May 26 that year. On the evening of March 21, 2010, Paulette returned to her house in Huixquilucan, State of Mexico, after a weekend trip with her father, Mauricio Gebara and seven-year-old sister. Alberto Bazbaz, supported by the opinion of a psychologist, was certain that it had been Lizette who killed her own daughter. eventAction: 'click_adunit' Learn how your comment data is processed. Post. Suspicions of her infidelity made Lizette the prime suspect in the case. Paulette's mum later said: "I had the conversation with my daughter, but not in the context they showed it.". Her mother, Lizette Farah, had not gone with them, going instead on a trip to Los Cabos with her friend Amanda and returning home on the same day as her family. [14][15] The autopsy also established that her death occurred between five and nine days before the analysis was made, establishing that she could have died on the first day. I always thought Lizette wa guilty, but after reading several news articles and Martin Morenos book ,Paulette. Paulette, scared, started crying and her sister tried to shut her up, killing her in the process. Paulettes mysterious disappearance and murder soon sparked one of the biggest publicity campaigns in Mexico. That morning they made sure that Paulettes elder sister was ready for school and then waited with her until the school bus picked her up around 7am. A disabled 4-year-old girl whose disappearance last week sparked an outpouring of sympathy across Mexico was found dead in her own bedroom days later. By the next morning, Paulette was nowhere to be found. Paulette had died accidentally due to "mechanical asphyxia due to obstruction of the nasal cavities and thorax-abdominal compression". In 2010 a YouTube video titled The Strange Case of Paulette's Pajamas became a point of interest and was spread via social media. [10][3], On March 31, at around 2:00 AM, Paulette's remains were found in her bedroom. Here we look at the shocking real life events behind the TV thriller Born to Mauricio Gebara, then 38, and Lizette Farah, then 34, Paulette was born with physical impairments and a language disorder, meaning she had two nannies to help care for her - Ericka and Martha Casimiro. However, this statement was almost immediately refuted by General Attorney Bazbaz. It was on May 31, nine days after she was first reported missing, that her body was discovered in her own bedroom. The eventual verdict was that Paulette died in a tragic accident. I couldnt find her and decided to search the parents bedroom as well, then her sisters room. What do you guys think of the case? So just before Paulette went missing, the family had gone on vacation. On March 31, 2010, Paulettes body was strangely discovered in her own room: in a space between her mattress and the foot of the bed. 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