Overview
- The investigating judge at Catarroja’s Court Plaza No. 3 issued a resolution on December 2 recognizing the case and updating the official tally, according to the Valencian high court.
- The deceased, a Catarroja resident, lived on a ground floor and spent the night soaked after floodwaters entered his home, unable to reach shelter.
- The forensic report cited prolonged cold exposure, restricted mobility and physical strain as contributors to a fatal pulmonary thromboembolism in a patient with prior pathologies.
- This addition follows the earlier recognition of victim 229, an eight-month fetus registered in the Civil Registry after the mother’s death in Riba-roja de Túria.
- Nine further deaths requested by families are in judicial analysis for potential recognition as official victims.