Colombia - April 13th 2025 - Ines de Bedout, 14, & close friend, Emilia Forero, 13, Bogota, allegedly poisoned by Zulma Guzman Castro

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Just came across this tragic and bizarre case on the Daily Mail website. A Columbian businesswoman, Zulma Guzman Castro, is accused of killing two schoolgirls in Colombia, with thallium-laced chocolate raspberries, on April 3rd. 2025.

The 54-year-old has been at the centre of an international police hunt since leaving Colombia on April 13, but was dramatically found in the UK, after being rescued from the River Thames, near Battersea Bridge, west London, on December 16th. 2025.

After the rescue, Guzman Castro was involuntarily committed (sectioned) to a psychiatric unit. After her release from the psychiatric hold, she was arrested pending extradition to Columbia.

Woman 'who killed two girls with poisoned raspberries' is arrested

Zulma Guzman Castro is alleged to have killed Ines de Bedout, 14, and her close friend, Emilia Forero, 13, who both died in hospital in Bogota days after eating the fruit

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Just an additional aside, regarding this case. The motive for the alleged murders is, that Zulma Guzman Castro was having an affair with Juan de Bedout, the father of one of the girls, Ines de Bedout. The relationship came to an end shortly before his wife's death.

According to the Daily Mail article, Colombian media report that police are also investigating whether Castro was involved in the death of Mr. de Bedout's late wife. Who doctors believe was poisoned with thallium twice, before she died of cancer in August 2021.

 

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An article about the case on a Colombian site:

Colombian Fugitive Zulma Guzman Arrested in the UK After Interpol Red Notice

Colombian businesswoman Zulma Guzman was arrested in the UK following an Interpol red notice over the alleged poisoning of two girls in Bogota

colombiaone.com