Paulette: A Short Story

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The last time Paulette was seen alive was on the 21st of March, on a Sunday night. The girl, alongside her father and 7 year old sister, had just returned from a weekend trip to Valle de Bravo (located in the state of Mexico, approx. 3 hours away from the capital), arriving at their apartment in Huixquilucan, state of Mexico around 9pm. 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. Lizette vividly remembered putting her daughter to sleep that night, kissing her one last time before leaving the room. The next morning, Paulette’s nanny would alert the girl’s parents of her disappearance: **"I looked for her in the bathroom, under …show more content…

Immediately, a forensics team was called to aid in the investigation and soon the entire apartment was filled with police officers and detectives. Inside the apartment, however, they found nothing: there were no signs of forced entry, no signs of a struggle, and most importantly, no signs of Paulette. The girl's parents (specially her mother) did countless of interviews where they pleaded for their daughter’s safe return: **“She is an angel, she is a beautiful little girl; she never cries, never throws tantrums, she’s the sweetest”**, [Lizette was quoted saying] (https://youtu.be/5_UW_6YRaZI?t=315). In record time, Paulette’s picture was everywhere, with every single news outlet following the case closely: was Paulette kidnapped? Had she perhaps wondered out on her own? Could she be still alive?, an entire nation wondered and for the time Paulette was missing she was what everyone talked about. On the 27th of March, several news crews were allowed into the apartment as Lizette, sitting on her daughter’s bed, recalled what had happened that fateful night: she put her daughter to bed, kissed her goodnight and then she left the room. That night she didn’t hear any weird noises, the dogs didn’t bark and everything seemed fine. It would be nine days, on the 31st of March, until Paulette’s body was found:“The girl was found

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