She smiled for the last time over a plate of octopus ceviche. Moments later, she was gone.
Landy Párraga, a 23-year-old former Miss Ecuador finalist, was dining at a local restaurant when tragedy struck. The young beauty queen, loved by more than a million online followers, had just shared a photo of her meal — and police now fear that post may have led her killers straight to her.
Witnesses say two men entered the restaurant. One walked directly to her table and opened fire. “She didn’t deserve to go this way,” one fan wrote. Another mourned, “Still can’t believe your painful departure.”
Investigators believe Párraga may have been linked to slain drug trafficker Leandro Norero, though she was never charged or publicly accused of any crime. Her name appeared only in messages found on his phone.
A life full of promise — silenced in seconds. Many now wonder if sharing too much online cost her everything.
