Mexican Cops Debunk U.S. Media Claims of Beach Resort City Serial Killer

Authorities in Mexico debunked a series of articles in U.S. media about a serial killer in the popular beach resort city of Puerto Vallarta.

The claims were based originally on three separate murders in an 11-day span, where the victims were women. Two of the victims have not been identified. Various news outlets in the United States raised the possibility of a serial killer being loose in a city that sees thousands of tourists each year.

In a prepared statement, the Jalisco Attorney General’s Office revealed that each of the murders had different circumstances and different causes of death. The only connection between the cases was that the victims were women. According to officials, one of the victims drowned, another was poisoned, and the third was killed with a knife.

The one woman identified in the case is 22-year-old Elizabeth Galindo, who was actually reported missing in Mexico State, and