Honduras beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister Sofia Trinidad, 23, who went missing on Thursday, after they were spotted leaving a party in the Santa Barbara region have been confirmed dead according to officials.
Ms Alvarado was due to compete in the upcoming Miss World contest scheduled for the 14th of December 2014 at ExCeL London.
Four people, including Ms Alvarado’s boyfriend, have been questioned over the disappearance.
The two women’s bodies were found in Cablotales village, near the River Aguagua, National Bureau of Criminal Investigation chief Leandro Osorio said.
The two women were last seen alive in a car without a license plate as they left a birthday party on 13 November.
According to a UN report, Honduras has the world’s highest homicide rate, with 90.4 people murdered per 100,000 of the population.
