How bizarre...and sad

Autopsy: girl smothered in bed, found 9 days later

Four-year-old Paulette Gebara's parents reported her missing on March 22, launching a vast media campaign and citywide search, including billboard advertisements and televised pleas — from Paulette's bedroom — for help.

Sympathizers were shocked when police later found Paulette's body wedged between the mattress and frame of her own bed in a luxury apartment on the outskirts of Mexico City. Investigators said she was suffocated.

Police, reporters and family members had tromped through the room, one news outlet held an interview there, and an aunt even slept in the girl's bed, but nobody realized the body was there. Investigators said they finally found the body due to the smell.

That poor little girl...her family must be very shocked. My thoughts are with them.