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Predator 'killed woman he met on Tinder because she refused to have sex with him'

A man has been accused of killing a woman he met on Tinder and dissolving her body in acid because she refused to have sex with him.

Emmanuel Delani Valdez Bocanegra, 26, was quizzed by police when friends and family of his victim reported her missing in Leon, central Mexico.

Gruesome remains of human bones were found in bin bags on his apartment balcony beside canisters of caustic soda and hydrochloric acid.

Six kilos of human flesh retrieved from bones have been DNA matched with the victim, Francia Ruth Ibarra, 26

Six kilos of human flesh retrieved from bones have been DNA matched with the victim, Francia Ruth Ibarra, 26

Six kilos of human flesh retrieved from the bones have been DNA matched with the victim, Francia Ruth Ibarra, also 26.

Her clothes were found hidden in a bag inside the apartment.

The pair had met through the dating app Tinder and had then met several times over the few months before Ms Ibarra disappeared on December 3.

She was supposed to meet a friend at the cinema that day but didn't show up. 

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Her friends at the University of Guanajuato backtracked her social media postings and found she'd been dating Boncanegra, a former student.

She had never introduced him to them and he reportedly avoided meeting her friends and family. 

Bocanegra reportedly killed her after she refused to have sex with him and dissolved her body to make it look like she had run away. 

Police tracked him to Mexico City where he was arrested. 

Emmanuel Delani Valdez Bocanegra, 26, was quizzed by police when friends and family of his victim reported her missing in Leon, central Mexico

Emmanuel Delani Valdez Bocanegra, 26, was quizzed by police when friends and family of his victim reported her missing in Leon, central Mexico

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Martina Birk

Update: 2024-03-21