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Spanish Police Detain Suspects in Bocairent Disappearance and Balaguer Fatal Crash

Investigators used blood spatter and DNA traces to charge an ex-prisoner in the Bocairent disappearance; a Balaguer resident was also arrested over coercive control that led to a deadly C-12 collision.

Así quedó el coche siniestrado
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Un coche patrulla de la Guardia Civil en la calle

Overview

  • Antonio C. B., who served a 10-year term for a 2006 pub owner killing, was arrested in Valencia on July 4 as the prime suspect in the May 29 disappearance of rural entrepreneur Enrique G.
  • Specialists from the Guardia Civil’s Criminalistic Service uncovered blood spatter at the Bocairent property and matched victim and suspect DNA in the businessman’s vehicle.
  • Enrique G.’s remains have not been located and judicial authorities continue to oversee the formal homicide investigation.
  • Mossos d’Esquadra charged a 33-year-old Balaguer man for the May 21 C-12 crash that killed his 28-year-old partner after he allegedly forced her into the car.
  • The Balaguer suspect faces counts of reckless homicide, illegal detention, domestic abuse, drug offenses and dangerous driving as authorities examine domestic violence factors.