Overview

• Petra G. and Ralf B. vanished in July 2024 after checking into a Girona hotel with an unidentified companion; their van was later found abandoned in Barcelona's high-risk La Mina district.
• The couple left behind their VW-Bulli with keys in the ignition, pets inside, and valuable items untouched, ruling out robbery as a motive.
• Investigators are exploring the couple's €1.5 million corporate debts and potential links to drug smuggling through their produce business, including suspicious Colombian shipments.
• Key assets, including a black BMW X6 and a truck tied to the case, remain missing, and Ralf B. reportedly lost his mobile phones days before their disappearance.
• The binational investigation continues with no arrests or decisive breakthroughs, as authorities classify the case as a potential crime.