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DNA Confirms Turia River Remains Are Flood Victim José Javier Vicent Fas

The identification follows the discovery of a mummified body unearthed during riverbed cleaning near Manises nearly a year after the 2024 DANA flood.

Overview

  • Forensic testing matched the recovered DNA to a family sample after an autopsy at the Institute of Legal Medicine of Valencia.
  • TRAGSA workers uncovered the remains with an excavator during Turia riverbed cleaning and notified authorities, and a judge from Quart de Poblet supervised the recovery.
  • Guardia Civil investigators and the forensic examiner had anticipated the match based on the body's condition, physical characteristics, and where it was found.
  • The corpse had been buried under sediment in a section of the river where other victims from the flood were previously located.
  • Two people from the disaster are still missing: Francisco Ruiz Martínez, swept away in Monserrat, and Elisabet Gil Martínez, who disappeared in Cheste.