A Mexican TikTok influencer has been killed moments after receiving a mysterious phone call.
Karla Pardini, 21, was shot dead outside her home near Culiacán in Mexico's Sinala state last week on Tuesday, September 20.
According to a report by The New York Post, the social media star received a late-night call around 10:30PM, in which she was told to come outside.
Karla's mother explained how her daughter never returned home, and was found dead shortly at an intersection between Catedrático and Ignacio López Rayón streets.
Sinaloa State Attorney General's Office reported that she was ambushed by an attacker, who shot her multiple times. Prosecutor Sara Bruna Quiñonez told outlets that the murder has been registered as femicide because it occurred while Karla was in an exposed and helpless state.
Quiñonez added that the investigation is being carried out in secret so that possible suspects are not alerted. There have not yet been any arrests made, though several witnesses reportedly told authorities that they had seen armed individuals roaming the area in the hours preceding Karla's death.
Before she passed away, Karla had amassed around 90,000 followers on TikTok, where she shared fashion and dance videos.
Her final ever video shared to the social media platform features the 21-year-old telling her followers: "When they tell me they don't like me. In short, I hope you like me less."
The clip was posted mere hours before the influencer was killed.
Tributes have already begun pouring in on TikTok, with many taking to the comments section of Karla's final video to pay their respects.
"To the friends and family of Ms. Karla Pardini, sending the utmost sympathy for your loss," one person commented.
"RIP beautiful," another wrote, while a third commented: "We live in a cruel world."
Others started leaving the hashtag 'justice por Karla' - which translates to 'justice for Karla' - under her videos.
The influencer's death is not out of keeping with crime rates in the area. According to the regional government, Karla is the 14th woman to be murdered in Sinaloa this year alone.
El Heraldo de Mexico reports that there is currently no clear line in the investigation. However, the outlet did add that Pardini had received threats on previous occasions.
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