{"id":215521,"date":"2026-04-30T15:23:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215521\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:23:44","slug":"murdered-beauty-queens-husband-tried-to-feed-baby-from-her-dead-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215521\/","title":{"rendered":"Murdered beauty queen&#8217;s husband &#8216;tried to feed baby from her dead body&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"An individual with long hair is standing outdoors, holding a camera. The setting appears to be a garden or patio area, featuring various plants and a building in the background. The scene suggests a leisurely or relaxed atmosphere with daylight.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dd7c628a5e05585102c89e40fcb53c5b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The former beauty queen was fatally shot -Credit:JamPress<\/p>\n<p> (JamPress)<\/p>\n<p>The husband of murdered beauty queen Carolina Flores G\u00f3mez has reportedly told police he attempted to breastfeed their baby from her corpse following her killing.<\/p>\n<p>The new mother was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/former-mexican-beauty-queen-27-025301848.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:shot in the face, neck and head on April 15.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">shot in the face, neck and head on April 15.<\/a> Prosecutors have named the victim&#8217;s mother-in-law, Erika Maria Herrera, as the prime suspect. Herrera was allegedly present in the house alongside her son \u2014 Carolina&#8217;s partner \u2014 at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/stunning-video-shows-man-walk-110000606.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fled the scene;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">fled the scene<\/a> following the alleged killing and remains at large. Questions have also been raised over a significant delay in reporting Carolina&#8217;s death. The shooting is said to have occurred late in the evening on Wednesday, April 15.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/mother-law-reduced-tears-visiting-124106940.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mother-in-law reduced to tears after visiting new grandchild in hospital;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Mother-in-law reduced to tears after visiting new grandchild in hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/entertainment\/horror-bus-driven-trainee-driver-122555900.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Horror as bus driven by trainee driver plunges into river before disappearing underwater;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Horror as bus driven by trainee driver plunges into river before disappearing underwater <\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Carolina&#8217;s partner, Alejandro, did not notify police until the following day, NeedToKnow reports. Carolina&#8217;s mother, Reyna G\u00f3mez Molina, has accused him of keeping the body at home in order to give the suspect time to escape.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Carolina and Alejandro\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/af90fdea4a5d22ccfe1dfba2dd552bd2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alejandro allegedly told police he tried to breastfeed her baby from her corpse -Credit:Jam Press<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro, however, reportedly told authorities he tried to feed their child from Carolina&#8217;s body, as she had been nursing at the time of her death, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/murdered-beauty-queens-husband-says-37086148\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Daily Star;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">the Daily Star<\/a>. He also claimed he feared their baby would be taken into care by social services.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have yet to verify these claims. Alejandro has not been arrested but remains under investigation for potential involvement or negligence, given the delayed report and his presence at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Carolina with her baby\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e6d78c0f4d1bddcb535cc18331571e80.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carolina was killed on April 15 -Credit:Jam Press<\/p>\n<p>It has also been suggested that a multimillion-pound inheritance could be the driving motive behind the murder. Carolina is believed to have come into a considerable inheritance in 2022 after her father, Jorge Flores, passed away.<\/p>\n<p>According to her family, Herrera was there during the signing of the documents.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Carolina\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e35f9dad506a589771cb498e1c26bb9e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Authorities are investigating her death -Credit:Jam Press<\/p>\n<p>Carolina gained recognition after winning the Miss Teen Universe crown for Baja California in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>She also claimed several local pageant titles in Ensenada, where she grew up. Investigators are still looking into her death, which occurred in Mexico City&#8217;s upscale Polanco neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former beauty queen was fatally shot -Credit:JamPress (JamPress) The husband of murdered beauty queen Carolina Flores G\u00f3mez&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[48475,85042,85041,9,24,63,122,124,123,85043],"class_list":["post-215521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-beauty-queen","tag-carolina-flores-gomez","tag-maria-herrera","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-told-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}