Heartbreaking! Mom recalls daughter's final words before she was murdered

Piece by: Caren Nyota
Lifestyle

Valerie Reyes, whose body was found bound in a suitcase in a Connecticut woodland on Tuesday, had an awful premonition she was going to be murdered, her mother has revealed.

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The 24-year-old from New Rochelle, New York, spoke to her mother, Norma Sanchez, the night before she disappeared on January 29, telling her:

I'm afraid someone is going to murder me.

Just over a week later, Reyes' body was was discovered by construction workers in Greenwich, tied-up at the hands and feet inside a red suitcase.

Sanchez revealed her daughter battled  and anxiety, but she became incredibly paranoid shortly before her disappearance.

'She was very scared, very frightened,' Sanchez told .

According to , Reyes had taken her iPad, iPhone, clothes and bed sheets with her when she disappeared.

The reddish-orange suitcase containing Reyes' body was found in a wooded area some 15 feet off of Glenville Road in a quiet, secluded area of Greenwich by highway workers around 8.15 am Tuesday.

Inside, investigators found the woman fully clothed and bound at the hands and feet. She was initially described as between 18 and 30 years old.

Authorities have said they will be conducting a long, thorough investigation into the murder, with the help of the Chief State's Attorney's Office.

The state's chief medical examiner, which is performing the autopsy, was on the scene for several hours on Tuesday surveying the body and the immediate surroundings, as seen in footage from .

Officers are interviewing local residents and have asked for video footage from nearby security systems that may have captured relevant information.

Police are unsure of where Reyes was killed but said they had reason to believe she was murdered elsewhere and dumped at the site, which is about four miles from I-95.