Murder of Micaela Ortega
2016 death of a child in Argentina
The murder of Micaela "Mica" Ortega was a child murder that occurred in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, and which led to the law known as "the Mica Ortega law", which deals with grooming, by adults, of children, for sexual purposes, in that country.
Micaela Ortega
Micaela Ortega (2003/2004–approx. 23 April 2016) was a 12-year old Argentine girl, who was a resident of Bahia Blanca. Her mother's name is Monica Cid. Shortly before Ortega's death, Ortega had befriended a person named Jonathan Luna, using the social networking site Facebook.
Luna lived in a small house without many economical resources. However, Luna had a computer and had access to Facebook, utilizing four different accounts, which Luna used to contact minor females to befriend them and entice them, posing as a woman.
On the night of her disappearance, Ortega left her house at Noroeste barrio in Bahia Blanca, thinking she was going to meet another 12-year-old girl. After meeting Luna, Micaela walked a distance with them until they arrived at a desolate spot, where Luna tried to rape her and then killed her. Luna had picked her up at her house, having lied to her before and told her that Luna was driving her towards her supposed friend's house.
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