As the desperation was spreading to teenagers in the country’s interior, the discovery of Espina’s body provoked an unheard-of terror among disoriented parents. Santiago’s body had been found in a hotel room near the Once Station, his whole body flayed: he had used a razor and a knife to carefully skin his arms, legs, stomach. On his left arm, he’d sliced to the bone. In his chest you could see his sternum. And finally, possibly semi-unconscious, he’d slit his jugular with a bold, precise cut. He had not mutilated his face. One of the policemen charged with forcing the lock on the door of the
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