Tragic update after nine-year-old girl goes missing after man followed her into store

A missing miss who vanished disconnected the streets successful Colombia has been recovered dormant successful a river. 

Laura Páez, nine, had been missing since January 16 erstwhile she near her location successful Chinquinquirá, a metropolis successful the cardinal section of Boyacá, to locomotion her favored canine and failed to return.

Paez's assemblage was recovered Tuesday, lying implicit the rocks connected the enactment of the Minero River, conscionable hours aft the suspect, Daniel Zambrano, was arrested and confessed to abandoning her.

The aesculapian examiner's bureau was capable to positively place the assemblage connected Wednesday.

Zambrano initially told investigators that helium had sexually abused, murdered and dumped Páez successful an country of the Minero River located on the borderline of the departments of Boyacá and Santander.

He past withdrew his connection arsenic portion of an effort to propulsion disconnected the investigation, which is being led by the Attorney General's Office.

Páez's brother, Diego Velandia, told Caracol Radio that neighbors noticed that Zambrano had been stalking the miss for 3 weeks. 

The child's mother, Miriam Velandia, was astatine enactment erstwhile she walked retired with the canine and did not announcement she wasn't location astatine 3am erstwhile she arrived. 

Authorities caught a interruption successful the hunt for Páez erstwhile they discovered assorted surveillance videos that showed Zambrano accompanying the small girl. 

One video showed Zambrano walking with Páez wrong a store astatine 8:01pm connected January 16. 

A 2nd information camera showed the young miss lasting adjacent to Zambrano and 2 radical astatine 8:56pm.

Zambrano past near with Páez successful a conveyance that constabulary located an the car assemblage store located connected the outskirts of Boyacá.

Authorities judge Zambrano took Páez to the store earlier helium disappeared her. 

'Biological fluids and different details were recovered during the inspections and are being evaluated by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences and specializer experts,' the Attorney General's Office said successful a statement.

The Attorney General's Office is awaiting the results earlier they proceed with charging Zambrano with murder.

'We firmly cull immoderate benignant of unit that threatens the beingness and integrity of children,' the bureau of Boyacá Governor Carlos Amaya said successful a statement. 'The defence of their rights and the well-being of our children is an unwavering precedence for this government.'