Peru. Yestelin K.T.C, a 20-year-old Communication Sciences student in Lima was murdered in the early hours of Sunday, November 8, after leaving a gathering with 28-year-old suspect Daniel Sebastián C.Y.

Her friends discovered her body in an open field after tracking her live WhatsApp location, leading to Daniel Sebastián's immediate arrest at the scene.

She worked alongside her mother at a local market to pay for her university tuition and support her family.

Relatives and friends told investigators that Daniel had been pursuing and harassing Yestelin for months despite her telling him she only wanted friendship.

Friends also reported that he had attempted to sexually assault her about a year earlier after allegedly drugging her and taking her to a hotel.

On Saturday night, Yestelin attended a gathering with friends and Daniel joined the group after claiming it was his birthday so they would celebrate with him.

He offered to take Yestelin home on his motorcycle. Around 4:50 a.m., Yestelin shared her live location in a WhatsApp group chat with her friends.

At 5:09 a.m., Daniel messaged Yestelin's friends via WhatsApp claiming he had already dropped her off safely at her home.

Before going to sleep, one of Yestelin's friends checked the live map and noticed the pin was not at Yestelin's house. Instead, the dot was moving back and forth erratically inside a dark, isolated agricultural lot.

Alarmed by the GPS movement, the friends took a motorcycle to the coordinates and found Yestelin's lifeless, partially unclothed body in the field.

Daniel was still nearby at the scene with his motorcycle, completely unharmed and was detained when police arrived.

The official autopsy confirmed that Yestelin died from mechanical asphyxiation and suffered brutal physical beating and sexual violence prior to her death. Police also found the shoelaces from Daniel's sneakers tied around her neck.

Daniel denied committing the murder, claiming to police that armed individuals kidnapped him and forced him to the field.

Authorities and the victim's family dismissed this alibi because her belongings were not stolen, he showed no signs of injury and his own WhatsApp messages contradicted his timeline.

The Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Violence Against Women in Lima Norte opened an investigation for aggravated femicide and sexual assault, requesting nine months of preventive detention for Daniel.