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Jennifer Cadillo Muro was a young woman whose charred body was found in a field in the Merlo district of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She was identified on 7 May 2015. Her co-worker, Carlos Smith, was convicted of her murder in 2017.
Case[]
On the morning of 23 February 2015, Jennifer Cadillo left her home in Ingeniero Adolfo Sourdeaux, Argentina, to travel to the Brazilian embassy in Buenos Aires to prepare for a trip to the country. She had mentioned in conversations with family friends on Facebook that a man would be accompanying her to the embassy and that she planned to report back to her job at a car dealership in the afternoon. However, Cadillo never arrived at work and did not come home.
The following day, on 24 February 2015, the charred body of a woman was discovered in a field amongst grasslands in the town of Pontevedra, located in the Merlo district of Buenos Aires. Due to the unrecognizable state of her body, authorities buried her as a "No Name" the same day in a nearby cemetery.
Identification[]
A month after her disappearance, 48-year-old Carlos Smith was charged with her murder. Smith had been her co-worker at the car dealership and was confirmed to be the man who was accompanying her to the Brazilian embassy. While Smith claimed to have gone to an ice cream parlor with her before leaving her at a train platform, workers at the parlor did not recall seeing Cadillo with Smith. Cadillo's family also reported that Smith was "obsessed" with her and sent her multiple "racy" letters that stated only he could have her.
On 7 May 2015, Cadillo was identified as the charred woman found in Pontevedra after a DNA analysis. Carlos Smith was convicted of her murder in 2017 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Cadillo's murder was categorized as a femicide in Smith's conviction after prosecutors considered his intense interest in the young woman.
Sources[]
- Infobae (Spanish)
- El Diario de Malvinas:
- Article #1 (Spanish)
- Article #2 (Spanish)
- Rio Negro (Spanish)