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Aurora Phelps, who lured older men with dating apps, sentenced to 37 years in retiree's disappearance
Aurora Phelps, a 44-year-old American who used dating apps to charm older men, and then looted their finances, has been sentenced to 37 years in prison in a Mexican court for the disappearance of an American retiree whose body was found dumped along a road outside of Guadalajara.
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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, Aurora Phelps, who lured older men with dating apps, sentenced to 37 years in retiree’s disappearance, Aurora Phelps, a 44-year-old American who used dating apps to charm older men, and then looted their finances, has been sentenced to 37 years in prison in a Mexican court for the disappearance of an American retiree whose body was found dumped along a road outside of Guadalajara.
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- Aurora Phelps, who lured older men with dating apps, sentenced to 37 years in retiree's disappearanceLos Angeles Times - 2026-06-17T16:17:15+00:00
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