“She threw herself into the river wounded”: The tragic discovery of a Dominican teenager who disappeared after fleeing her attacker

The body of 13-year-old Dominican adolescent Josnely Álvarez was discovered submerged in the Santiago province following an extensive search. The tragic outcome, which has shocked the Dominican Republic, occurred after the minor fled from her aggressor and reportedly threw herself into a river while injured.

Simultaneously, a separate report from the Ministerio Público Tutelar in Buenos Aires, Argentina, revealed a 15% increase over the past three years in psychiatric hospitalizations for suicide risk among children and adolescents in the city.