A model has vanished after travelling for a work assignment as her family desperately tries to piece together her movements.
María Alejandra Molina Solano, 27, last exchanged messages with her sister Natalia on 11 October, and has not been heard from since.
Her relatives have been checking messages, photographs and bank transactions in a bid to establish where she was staying and who she was working with.
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María travelled from the Colombian capital Bogotá on 8 October after reportedly securing work as a promotional model for marketing events.
She told her sister she had arrived safely and sent her a photograph of a welcome sign, but the family has been unable to identify the accommodation where she was staying.
She reportedly said she needed to wait until 3pm to check in before preparing to go to work.
Her last message to Natalia was received at around 6.53pm on the Sunday, but her sister’s reply went unanswered.
The following day, WhatsApp messages were no longer reaching her phone.
A bank transfer worth around £33 (COP 172,000), made at 6.41pm that evening, has become another potential clue.
A friend said the payment was made to an Airbnb, but the family has not been able to confirm the destination or purpose of the transaction.
Relatives have also been left puzzled by a photograph of the room where María was apparently staying, as they do not know whether it was a hotel or a rented apartment.
Her phone is reportedly switched off and her social media accounts have shown no recent activity, as reported by Need To Know.
The family has also been investigating conflicting information about her destination, as María reportedly told her mother she was travelling to Medellín, while telling her sister she was in Cali.
The investigation has now widened, with Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office examining whether María may have left the country, potentially against her will.
Investigators are checking flight and passenger records, as well as toll records and security camera footage, to establish whether she crossed a border and how she may have travelled.
There is currently no confirmation that she has left Colombia, and investigators are also trying to establish whether she remains in the country.
The search continues.
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