Overview
- Guardia Civil is holding the child's mother, 21 and pregnant, and her partner as investigators analyze evidence to determine each person’s role and the sequence of events.
- The man in custody is not the biological father and had a restraining order issued on October 20 that barred contact with the mother and the child, according to the TSJA.
- Relatives alerted emergency services after messages indicated the boy had been left in a beach hut; the body was found late Wednesday at El Cargadero between Garrucha and Mojácar.
- Authorities are using the full 72-hour legal custody period before the pair are brought before the court, and the case remains under judicial secrecy.
- Officials have urged caution regarding unverified social-media videos and accounts as police also assess whether the child was moved to the site where he was found.