An Ohio modeler and his life partner who had been absent in Mexico since Christmas Day have been found dead, the man’s boss affirmed.

“It is with profound misery and weighty hearts that we educate you regarding the demise of our partner and companion, José Gutierrez, who died unfortunately while visiting his life partner, Daniela Pichardo, in Mexico during special times of year,” peruses a Jan. 24 Facebook post by Champlin Design.

“He was an important individual from the Champlin group, dealing with projects for clients like The Christ Emergency clinic, Hamilton Province, St. Elizabeth Medical care, and College of Cincinnati. His work bettered the existences of those locally he decided to make his home.”

The affirmation comes days after Mexican specialists found four bodies close to a shot perplexed van in which 36-year-old Gutierrez, his life partner, and two family members were going in at the hour of their vanishing. Authorities have checked the characters of the bodies as Gutierrez’s life partner, Daniela Márquez, her sister Viviana, and their cousin Irma Vargas, Gutierrez’s kin told Cincinnati’s Fox 19 on Jan. 20. The family recently said that specialists were anticipating DNA affirmation to decide if the fourth body was Gutierrez’s.

Gutierrez disappeared subsequent to eating at a bar with Márquez in Zacatecas in focal Mexico on Dec. 25.

Márquez’s mom, Rosa Pichardo, had recently answered to authorities that the gathering was set to get back to Márquez’s home in Colotlán, Jalisco express that evening.

The Zacatecas Head legal officer said in an explanation to NBC News that their vehicle was found close to an entombment site in Zacatecas, which is found halfway among Monterrey and Mexico City. The State Division as of now has a “Don’t travel” warning for the state due to far reaching “fierce wrongdoing, blackmail, and group movement.”

Champlin Design reported it will send off a grant in Gutierrez’s name at Miami College “to respect his effect on our firm and the local area.”