Reservoir Bitches: Stories

by Dahlia de la Cerda

I typed body of woman found. The search results tore me apart: The body had been impaled and mutilated. Stabbed. Assaulted and found partially unclothed. The body of a woman was found with a gunshot wound to the face. A group of children in Ecatepec discovered the body of a young woman that showed signs of torture, though none of her wounds was fatal. The body of a woman approximately nineteen years old with facial bruising and a bullet wound to the head. The unidentified victim was found facedown in jeans, sneakers, and a white shirt. A sixteen-year-old girl was beaten and tortured with hydrochloric acid before being burned alive. According to early forensic reports, her corpse showed signs of having been buried alive. She was assaulted and hung from a tree with her own clothing. Thirteen-year-old girl found in the river, evidence of strangulation. She went out that night and never came home. Raped. Raped. The body of a woman found with signs of sexual torture. Rape. Signs of assault. Impaled. Vaginal tearing. Bite marks on her nipples. She was killed by her husband because she asked for money. Killed in her own home. More than ten stab wounds. Pregnant nineteen-year-old found in a cornfield. Charred, dismembered body found in Huaquechula. Young woman found murdered a few blocks from her residence. She will be remembered by her friends as a happy, smiling girl who loved life. The child’s body showed evidence of strangulation and repeated sexual abuse. Man murders his wife...