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Body of Mexican actress found in water tank

Carmen Yarira Esparza Noriega. Facebook

TORONTO — The body of an aspiring actress was found in a Mexico City water tank after residents complained of bad tasting water.

City health officials found the body of Carmen Yarira Esparza Noriega when they were dispatched to check on a residential water tank, FOX News Latino reported.

The 27-year-old had been missing since February. She was last seen leaving a fitness studio.

According to the Daily Mail, police fear Esparza’s decomposed body may have been in the water supply tank since she first disappeared.

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“City officials were called to the tank and when they opened it up they found the body in a high state of putrefaction,” police reportedly said.

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Investigators had been looking into allegations the actress was abducted and forced into the sex industry.

“It appears that was not the case,” a police spokesperson said.

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