Laura Jiménez murder arrests made

Ecuadorian man, Amable Danilo B., who is accused of killing the 19 year old local girl, Laura Jiménez, from Pilar de la Horadada, whose body was found weighed down in an irrigation reservoir, was sent to prison on remand by the judge investigating the case. He is accused of premeditated murder. His arrest and imprisonment has been welcomed by the victim’s family as ‘the first step of justice for the death of Laura’. The killing has caused a great upset in the area of the Vega Baja.A second person who was arrested with him was granted provisional bail, with charges of covering up a crime remaining.

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Lady in the lake identified

The Guardia Civil are searching for the ex boyfriend of the young woman whose body was found on Monday floating in an irrigation reservoir in Pilar de la Horadada.
She has now been identified as a 19 year old from the town, L.J.J. who vanished on April 10th. Her aunt had reported her missing to the authorities on the 15th, thinking that she could have run off with her ex boyfriend. She was found floating with both her hands and legs tied and a heavy metal belt around her which is thought to have initially caused the body to sink.Her ex Ecuadorian boyfriend is now being searched for, with the tragedy of the case being that she had denounced him for ill-treatment back in December.

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Body found in pond Evidence points to the woman meeting a violent death about a week ago.

The body of a woman has been found floating in an irrigation pond in Alicante. The find at Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante, close to Murcia, came just after 8am this morning. Divers were needed to recover the body, in an advanced state of decomposition, some ten metres out of reach.
Once recovered a metal belt was found round the body, thought to have weighed it down initially under the water.
As yet there are no details on the identity of the victim, or the cause of death, but she has been described as being in her 20’s and blonde, possibly from Eastern Europe.The case is in the hands of Instruction Court One in Orihuela, which has placed reporting restrictions in place, given that the evidence points to the woman meeting a violent death about a week ago.

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