Honduras Beauty Queen That Went Missing Last Week With Her Sister, Have Been Found Dead

A Honduran beauty queen and her sister were found dead Wednesday,
police said, and the sister's boyfriend and another man have been
arrested in connection with the case.

The bodies of María José Alvarado Muñoz, the reigning Miss World
Honduras, and her sister, Sofia Trinidad Alvarado, were found in a
mountainous area beside a river after they had been missing for
several days, Honduran police said in comments aired by CNN affiliate
Televicentro.

Plutarco Antonio Ruiz Rodriguez and Aris Valentin Maldonado Mejia are
now in police custody, and investigators believe more people are
involved in the sisters' deaths, Police Commissioner Casco Torres
told Televicentro.

Ruiz is Sofia's boyfriend, police say, according to CNN en Español.

The sisters disappeared last Thursday night after going to a spa for a
birthday party for Ruiz in Santa Barbara, northwest of the capital of
Tegucigalpa, police told CNN en Español.

Ruiz is suspected of killing the two sisters, said Leandro Osorio,
chief of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Ruiz also "is considered the person who was most in contact" with the
victims, Deputy Police Commissioner Rolando Casco added, according to
Televicentro.

Alvarado, 19, was supposed to leave for London soon to participate in
the Miss World pageant, police said.

Their family reported the women's disappearance on Saturday. Their
mother, Teresa Muñoz, initially believed her two daughters were
kidnapped.

Eduardo Zablah, director of the pageant in Honduras, told
Televicentrothat Alvarado and her sister were last seen getting into a
vehicle after attending a party last week.

The young woman was to be among the contestants from more than 120
countries who arrive in London this weekfor early rounds of the Miss
World pageant. The final round is scheduled for December 14.

A student from Santa Bárbara, Honduras, Alvarado beat 18 contestants
to win the Miss World Honduras crownin April.

In her profile on the pageant's website, she described herself as
"dedicated" and said she would someday like to go into government,
specifically as a diplomat for her country.

She also said that she liked playing volleyball and soccer, eating
Honduran food and performing the country's traditional punta dance.

Julia Morley, the chairman of the Miss World pageant, said contestants
will hold a special service Sunday to honor Alvarado and her sister
and offer prayers for their families.

"We are devastated by this terrible loss of two young women, who were
so full of life," Morley said.

Honduras has the world's highest murder rate, the United Nations
reported earlier this year, with 90.4 homicides per 100,000 people in
2012.
--CNN