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A Kansas woman travelled to a drug rehabilitation centre in the border city of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico to get over her drug and alcohol addiction but was brutally murdered and dismembered by the facility’s owners.

Celia Yaneth Castañeda, 35, had developed a problem with substances while living in the United States for the last 10 years and was taken to Monarch rehab centre by her relatives.

On her first night, Castañeda is said to have had a “violent episode” because of her withdrawal symptoms and attacked both of the owners. That’s when Diana Paola and Claudia Rubi beat the poor woman to death and did unspeakable things to her body afterwards.

VICE reports that the owners tried to hide her dead body by cutting it into pieces, according to local authorities, leaving bits in the bathtub, in buckets, and even in a blender – exactly like a scene from a Hollywood slasher movie.

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Graphic details emerged during a recent court hearing in Ciudad Juárez, where the judge read a police report describing the gruesome scene that unfolded at the property:

On arrival, police officers found a metallic trash can that contained black-and-white pajamas and a woman’s slipper stained with blood. As the officers proceeded further into the property, Paola and Rubi allegedly attempted to flee but were quickly apprehended, according to the police report.

Authorities then found plastic buckets filled with human bones and flesh in the bathtub, along with plastic bags containing six large bones and two knee bones, according to the court hearing. After searching the kitchen, investigators found a blender containing human flesh. The suspects had reportedly attempted to liquefy the victim’s genitalia, along with other soft body tissues and intestines, according to local news reports.

The judge had to withhold from disclosing even more graphic details during the court hearing in order to preserve the dignity of the victim.

CBS42 revealed that the woman died of blunt force trauma to the head according to the autopsy, with the judge calling the crime a femicide:

The judge ruled a gender bias applies because the women took advantage of a person under their care, someone who was vulnerable because of her illness, and that they likely would not have done the same to a man. Also, “there was a high level of cruelty and hate” against a female and they defaced her body after the killing, Meraz said during Friday’s hearing.

The trial against Diana Paola and Claudia Rubi is still ongoing. If they are found guilty, they could face life in prison.

[source:vice]