The official forensic report released yesterday confirmed what has been suspected since the teenage Albino sisters were found dead in Santiago: the two committed suicide by consuming rat poison. The girls, 13 and 15, had been found on March 9th in an advanced stage of decay, rat poison at their side, with no signs of violence or struggle. Forensic pathologists from the Santiago Institute of Forensic Pathology confirmed that the autopsy confirmed that the cause of death was ingestion of the same rat poison found at the scene, and that the girls’ bodies showed no signs or struggle or sexual violation. It was also revealed yesterday the previously undisclosed fact that a note had been found at the scene, but officials refused to reveal the contents of the note, saying that was "a private family matter." The forensic report was delivered to the District Attorney. The case gained national attention because a nationwide search for them was mounted after they were reported missing on February 26th. At the time the National Police were operating under the theory that the girls had been kidnapped and were in a brothel in some tourist area.
