Private security forces have successfully identified a young woman from Avilés (Asturias), the victim of a 1991 murder. when i was 24and its disappearance was reported five years later. As the Asturian Command reported this Monday, identification is now possible thanks to new technology in use. Identification of corpses by DNA.
The investigation began in October 1995, when a woman filed a complaint regarding her daughter’s disappearance, but had not heard from her since 1990. The woman who complained said: He had been taking care of his granddaughter for five years.. Initial measures taken by investigators did not lead to an investigation to locate the young woman, so the case was entered into the police’s missing persons register and subject to regular investigation.
Investigators continued to investigate the case, and several years later they came across an article in a local newspaper about the murder of a woman in Barros, Langreo, Asturias. Stabbed and buried in quicklime. The incident, known as the “Reyes Crime”, occurred on January 6, 1991 and was investigated by the Langreo National Police. As part of this investigation, a man was arrested whose partner reported the incident to police.
After being arrested, the man stated that he had picked up the victim that night. when I was hitchhiking In Oviedo, he claims she tried to rob him, which sparked a fight between the two, at which point he stabbed her. He then put it in his trunk and headed to Barros, where he told his partner what had happened. After confirming that the victim had died from blood loss in the trunk, it was decided to bury the body in quicklime.
The body was discovered in 1995, but although a robotic portrait was created and published in the media, the body’s deterioration made it impossible to identify it. Investigators reviewed a robotic portrait of the murder victim and a photo provided by the missing woman’s relatives. they had certain similarities. New analysis carried out by the Madrid Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Medicine has shown that skeletal remains found in 1995 match those of the missing persons.