No 632 Monday 22nd August - Sunday 28th August, 2016 Tel: 637 227 385
The body of a 32 year old woman who had been missing for over 2 months was found in Torrevieja on Wednesday. Discovered by the Guardia Civil sealed up in a meter room, in the stairwell of her apartment in Calle Ramon y Cajal, the woman, a Chilean national, was identified as Johana Bertina Palma Gonzalez, a mother of two children aged 12 and 5, who was first reported missing on 13th June. Following the discovery of the body, which was said to be in an advanced state of decomposition, the Guardia arrested the woman’s husband as the main suspect in her death saying that everything indicates that the finding is a homicide. According to local government
spokesman, Juan Carlos Valderrama, the husband is subsequently reported to have admitted his guilt saying that he simply pushed her during a heated argument and as she fell she hit her head. In searching for the woman the Guardia had previously questioned many of the residents of the property and following reports of a strong odour emanating from a stairwell they decided to look at it a little more closely. It was at that point they discovered the body buried in small alcove underneath the stairs which houses the water boiler. The body had been pushed to the back of the small room where it had been covered in bricks and cement in a crude attempt to seal it off. It was said to have been found in an advanced state of decomposition. Continued on Page 2
Decomposing Body found buried in Torrevieja Stairwell