Overview

• Preliminary proceedings for a presumed homicide were opened after a 32-year-old woman was found dead in Breña Alta in the early hours of Tuesday.
• Investigators suspect the victim’s mother caused her to inhale toxic gases, and she is hospitalized after allegedly trying to end her own life by the same method.
• The duty court in Santa Cruz de La Palma has initiated diligencias previas, an initial stage that does not determine guilt.
• The Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Canarias is the official source and has indicated it will release further details as forensic and judicial work advance.
• Local reporting describes the victim as having a severe disability and identifies the mother as a prominent disability-rights activist previously successful in a case against a care-center director.