Overview
- Waste-collection workers discovered the body around 5 a.m. Sunday after emptying a container on Calle Pérez Galdós in central Castellón.
- National Police and judicial, scientific, and forensic teams are gathering evidence, taking statements from witnesses, and have sealed the collection truck.
- Municipal and police sources identified the deceased as Vicente Domínguez, about 45, the former spouse of Almassora mayor María Tormo.
- Local reporting cites an initial, unconfirmed hypothesis that he was assaulted before being placed in the bin and that the truck’s compactor may have caused his death, pending forensic results.
- The area near Parque Ribalta and the bullring hosted events the previous night, and investigators are reviewing potential CCTV and mobile phone data while officials decline public comment.