Influencer Paola Márquez has died at age 30, with police investigating a possible suicide.
Spanish-language outlet El Sol de San Luis reported that Márquez was found unresponsive in her San Luis Potosí, Mexico, apartment by a member of the family on Saturday, May 30. Paramedics reportedly pronounced her dead on the scene.
A spokesperson for the State Attorney General’s Office confirmed that Márquez’s death was being investigated as a possible suicide.
Márquez had greater than 2 million followers across various platforms. Her final TikTok video alarmed viewers with its discouraging message about her life.
“I manifested — but I believe I manifested backwards, since the little I had is slipping away,” she told her followers on Friday, May 29.
Following the shocking news of her death, Paola’s father, Hércules Márquez Balderas, opened up about his grief in a Facebook post on Saturday.
“My treasure went ahead, my beautiful daughter Paola Márquez, today a bit of my life went, Dear God have you ever and keep you in a wonderful place my daughter, sooner or later we will likely be together again, rest in peace my princess,” he wrote.
Many shared their condolences for the Márquez family within the comment section of Hércules’s memorial post.
“I’m in shock cousin it might’t be true that somebody tells me it’s a lie. My God give me strength I actually need it,” one person replied.
“My deepest condolences friend, God offer you strength, a robust hug,” one other reader commented, while one other shared, “My most sincere condolences friend herculano for that great loss that God gives them much strength as parents of paola.”
Hércules later responded to the numerous sympathetic messages, writing, “Thanks all on your condolences, God bless you!”
Paola Marquez Courtesy Instagram / Paola Marquez
He subsequently confirmed on Monday, June 1, that Paola was being laid to rest in a funeral mass later that very same day in Huichihuayán, a community within the southeast region of San Luis Potosí.
“I didn’t meet you in person, but I at all times discover with you 🥺 May God receive you with open arms,” one fan wrote to Paola, with one other adding for her father, “God proceed to provide you strength cousin to maneuver forward, you and your mommy for this great loss, I hug you with the soul, God receives her in his arms.”
Paola gained a major following on social media for bringing her followers along on her world travels, including sharing her experiences on tropical vacations, major concert events and glamorous yacht trips.
Her Instagram bio served as a poignant reminder to her followers about what’s essential in life, reading, “Instagram is just not real life.”
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