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Coffin of nanny killed in condo collapse returns to Paraguay
The remains of a young Paraguayan nanny among those killed in the collapse of a Florida condominium tower has arrived home, her coffin wrapped in a national flag and with a photograph of her young face
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ASUNCION, Paraguay Wrapped in a Paraguayan flag and with a photograph of her young face, a coffin with the remains of Leidy Vanessa Luna Villalba arrived Tuesday in Asuncion where it was received by relatives grieving the nanny killed when a Miami-area condominium tower collapsed.
July 13, 2021 - 6:31 PM
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) â Wrapped in a Paraguayan flag and with a photograph of her young face, a coffin with the remains of Leidy Vanessa Luna Villalba arrived Tuesday in Asuncion where it was received by relatives grieving the nanny killed when a Miami-area condominium tower collapsed.
The 23-year-old had been working for the family of the sister of Paraguayan first lady Silvana Abdo in the building in Surfside, Florida, that fell June 24. The bodies of the sister, Sophia López Moreira; her husband, Luis Pettengill; and the youngest of their three children have been found. Their two other children remain missing.
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Leidy s brother confirmed her deathCredit: Facebook
Villalba s mother, Juana Villalba, and cousin, Lourdes Luna, arrived in Miami on Sunday to search for answers to what happened to Leidy, marking Juana s first time outside of her home country. I’m asking for any news of my daughter. I don’t know anything about her and I’m desperate, Juana had told ABC TV Paraguay before the revelation of her daughter s death.
Leidy s brother Richard Luna Villalba also confirmed Leidy s death as he told C9N that Juana was devastated by the tragic news. She told me that they found her last night and that they identified her today. About 30 minutes ago they warned us. We never lost hope, but now we find out [sic] that Leidy left us, he said.