With the Alcantaras in custody and the story public, official investigations began in earnest. But questions remained, questions only Luna could answer.
How exactly had she died? Where was her body? Arturo Vega, in interrogation, admitted to "scaring the girl to ensure her silence" but claimed she had run into the woods and he'd lost her. He maintained her death was an accident, a tragic result of her own panic. Without a body, it was his word against the circumstances. The full truth remained just out of reach, a final, frustrating mystery.