Overview

• The Spanish Embassy told relatives that Indonesian police have initiated procedures to geolocate Matilde Muñoz’s phone up to when it lost power.
• Clothing and a backpack were recovered in a landfill near the hotel, and part of an earring identified by relatives was found under her bed, while her phone, charger, passport and newly issued bank cards remain missing.
• Authorities continue to classify the case as a disappearance and report no identified suspects despite the recovery of her belongings.
• Family members focus suspicion on hotel staff, citing an incorrect room shown to officers, a message in flawed English sent to a receptionist, reports of prior thefts at the property, an open room, an early return of her rented motorbike and a missing TV discrepancy.
• Relatives say they had to spur the inquiry after weeks of frustration with the embassy’s handling and are urging searches in the overgrown area behind the hotel.