3 - 9 August 2017
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Lucia: The big question Was a three-year-old killed by a train, or is there something more sinister about her death? This is the question a number of people in the Alora and Pizarra areas of Andalucia half an hour’s drive inland from Malaga City - are asking. Police have ruled that Lucia Vivar whose body was found alongside a railway line after wandering off alone while playing with her cousins near Pizarra station died from a single blow to the head “compatible with the hypothesis that she was hit by a train.” They are treating her death as accidental until the full post mortem results are published. However, some local resi-
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TRAGIC: The scene after Lucia’s body was discovered. dents claim no trains ran last Wednesday evening after Lucia disappeared. Her body was discovered at 7.30am the following morning four kilometres away. Others who know the area say it is “impossible” that a toddler could walk to where Lu-
cia’s body was found. “There is a bridge that is scary even for me to cross,” said one woman who regularly uses the Alora train, referring to a river crossing 400 metres from Pizarra station. “The girl could have started walking alone, as was shown
on the cameras, but I cannot believe she would not have stopped before she reached that point. The woman, who helped in the initial search for Lucia, added: “Do you really believe this was an accident? I tripped two or three times on the stones during the search because at night you can’t see anything. “Although she started walking towards Alora, someone could have taken her before those looking for her arrived.” Police, however, insist Lucia could have wandered four kilometres before falling asleep, and was hit by a train before her body was found by a train driver.