Overview

• A 19-year-old was released on June 12 by a Quart de Poblet court, which barred him from leaving Spain, confiscating his passport under precautionary measures.
• He is under investigation for omission of the duty to assist after failing to report when his friend Wentao Chi slipped into the Turia River on June 9, leading to his drowning.
• Police recovered the victim’s body on June 11 near Ronda Jaume I in Manises following a search triggered by a missing-person report.
• The detainee told magistrates he panicked, provided contradictory accounts to officers, attributing delays in alerting authorities to his wet phone losing service.
• Authorities continue to probe the circumstances of the drowning, including the delay in seeking help; defense counsel plans to request dismissal of the case after the autopsy report.