Missing Texas Mother of 2 Found Dead With Signs of Torture in Mexico: Officials

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A missing Texas mother of two was found dead in Mexico a week ago, according to officials and her mother, who added that she appeared to have been tortured.

Lizbeth Flores, 23, left her home in Brownsville, Texas, on Aug. 9 to visit her boyfriend in Matamoros, Mexico, her mother told Telemundo 40 in McAllen. According to Mexican authorities, she was found dead in Matamoros, and her cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma, reported KRGV.