 Martínez Pérez was murdered early in the morning of 28 April 2012 in her home in the Felipe Carrillo Puerto neighborhood in Xalapa , the capital of Veracruz . When police went to her home to investigate in response to a neighbor 's call about her door being open all day , Martínez Pérez 's corpse was found on the bathroom floor . According to official reports , she had been severely beaten around her face and ribs , and then strangled to death . The cause of death was asphyxia by strangulation . At the time of her death , the Mexican authorities said they were investigating all the possible motives behind her assassination , including personal motives and theft , and that they would investigate whether the killing was work @-@ related . 
