Authorities are making progress in the investigation into the disappearance of Yulixa Toloza, the 52-year-old woman last seen on May 13 after undergoing a cosmetic procedure at an illegal establishment in southern Bogotá.
A phone call made by one of the salon’s managers and testimonies from several people connected to the beauty salon have become key new pieces of evidence in the case.
According to the investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office has already interviewed four witnesses related to the Beauty Láser M-L- salon, located in the Venecia neighborhood, where Yulixa went for a cosmetic procedure from which she never returned.
Authorities have established that, after experiencing medical complications, the woman was taken from the premises by several people and put into a gray Chevrolet Sonic, as recorded by security cameras.
Now, the investigators’ main objective is to determine what happened to Yulixa after she left the establishment and to locate the three business administrators: María Fernanda Delgado Hernández, identified as the owner of the premises; her partner, Edinson Torres; and Eduardo David Ramos, who is believed to be the surgeon who performed procedures there.
According to El Tiempo, the man listed as the vehicle’s owner has already turned himself in to the authorities and claimed he only lent his name because the establishment’s administrators did not yet have Colombian documentation.
In addition, three former employees of the establishment provided details about the cosmetic procedures performed there, the medications used, and the sedation methods applied to patients. They also indicated that women in the area were allegedly paid to attract new clients to the establishment.
One of the most recent findings in the case is a phone call allegedly made by Edinson Torres, the husband of the beauty center’s owner, on the night of Friday, May 15, when Yulixa had already been missing for two days. According to information obtained by El Tiempo, the man reportedly contacted a close friend to say he was “fine” and that he was already in Venezuela, the country of origin of both him and his partner.
Although authorities initially considered that this information might be false to mislead the investigation, toll records indicate that the vehicle did leave Bogotá hours after the woman’s disappearance.
Documents reviewed by investigators show that the car passed through the Andes toll plaza, north of Bogotá, around 1:50 a.m. on Thursday. Later, another camera recorded the same vehicle passing through the El Roble toll plaza, in the municipality of Gachancipá, Cundinamarca.
