Overview
- Medellín’s mayor reported Friday that a lifeless body was found between Jericó and Puente Iglesias and said there is a very high probability it is Eric Gutierrez Molina.
- Security officials said they have identified the people last seen with him, who are linked to thefts using scopolamine, and they have traced related vehicles and phones.
- The 32-year-old disappeared after a night out in El Poblado, sent a location tied to an Airbnb, missed his Sunday flight to Miami, and a female coworker was later found disoriented.
- The body was sent to Medellín’s coroner for formal identification and to determine cause of death, and U.S. consular officials, American Airlines and the flight attendants’ union are assisting his family.
- Scopolamine, sometimes called devil’s breath, is a sedative criminals in Colombia have used to incapacitate victims in bars and clubs, which U.S. officials warn can cause memory loss and long blackouts.