Overview
- The University of Salamanca team reports elevated indications of criminality in the case but says no conclusive proof of homicide has been found.
- Investigators are using forensic psycholinguistics, testimony psychology, and graphology to reassess writings and accounts from the period.
- Bartolomé Aragón, the only person present at the moment of death, gave multiple inconsistent versions, and his behavioral profile is being scrutinized.
- Researchers question the death certificate’s reference to a bulbar lesion without an autopsy and describe a hurried burial overseen by Falange.
- Leading biographers Jean‑Claude and Colette Rabaté regard the death as suspicious and consider exhumation sensible, with the research team anticipating progress in 2026.