Mexican content creator Paola Márquez was found dead at her home in San Luis Potosí on 30 May, one day after posting a TikTok video in which she said she had 'manifested backwards.' She was 30.
Mexican Influencer Paola Márquez Found Dead Inside Her Home at 30pic.twitter.com/5tC8jJ9obX
Her death was confirmed by her father, Hércules Márquez Balderas, who paid tribute to her in a Facebook post and later said the family held a funeral mass on 1 June in Huichihuayán. Local reports say authorities are investigating the case as apossible suicide, although no official cause of death has yet been confirmed.
"Paola Márquez, a Mexican content creator, was found dead inside her home on May 30. She was 30.""Paola's father, Hercules Márquez Balderas, confirmed her death in a Facebook post on May 30, writing, 'One day we will be together again, rest in peace my princess!'"
At this stage, officials have not released a final determination, and the circumstances remain under investigation.
Attention has focused heavily on Paola's last TikTok video, posted on 29 May. In it, she said: 'I manifested — but I think I manifested backwards, because the little I had is slipping away.'
#QEPD| El cuerpo de la influencer potosina,#PaolaMárquezfue encontrado dentro de su departamento.Junto a un objeto punzo cortante con el que se habría hecho daño.En su último video la creadora de contenido manifestaba problemas económicos.#viral#fyp#influencerpic.twitter.com/Yy0ZotAhi7
The clip has since been widely circulated across social media, where followers have returned to leave tributes and messages of shock after news of her death emerged. Many users have interpreted the post in hindsight as emotionally significant, although there is no official confirmation linking the video to the circumstances of her death.
The resurfacing of the clip has given her final post an outsized role in how the public is now processing the tragedy.
According to local outlet El Sol de San Luis, citing the State Attorney General's Office, Paola was found unresponsive inside her apartment and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Source: International Business Times UK