And then the odd WhatsApp messages began arriving: Just thirteen hours after exiting the hospital, Esther wrote to her mother, Josefa “Pepa” Pérez, expressing that she was “broke” and about to leave Spain to start a “new life in Buenos Aires.” Sure, Esther had been living a nomadic lifestyle for years and did not have a fixed address, but she would never abandon her two beloved dogs in such a way. It seemed, at least to Josefa, that Esther was saying goodbye. But was it really Esther who wrote those now-final words?