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Decomposed Body Found Off Es Carnatge in Palma as Guardia Civil Opens Inquiry

Investigators are working to identify the man after bathers alerted emergency services this afternoon.

Overview

  • Bathers reported a body floating among the rocks near Es Carnatge around 4:30 p.m. Sunday to the 112 emergency line.
  • Guardia Civil GEAS units recovered the remains and transferred them to a nearby stone shelter.
  • The duty Court of Instruction No. 11 in Palma was notified, and a forensic doctor performed the removal of the body.
  • The Criminalistics Laboratory of the Guardia Civil’s Judicial Police assumed the investigation and identification efforts.
  • Investigators indicated the victim could be a migrant from a sunken patera, a possibility that has not been confirmed.