Overview

• New homeowners in Moreruela de Tábara discovered a human skull hidden in a wardrobe of a house they purchased a few months earlier.
• Judicial Police of Benavente removed the remains and transferred them to a Zamora forensic laboratory for detailed analysis.
• Authorities say the skull shows no signs of violence and note there are no records of recent missing persons in the area.
• Investigators are awaiting bone dating results to determine the timeframe of the remains and confirm their origin.
• Locals recall that a priest and later a forensic doctor lived in the long-closed property and suggest the skull may date back to earlier cemetery exhumations.