Overview
- Guardia Civil recovered the infant’s body from a Majadahonda trash container after a hospital alert led them to the location indicated by the mother.
- The woman sought treatment at Hospital Puerta de Hierro following childbirth, and clinicians notified authorities upon detecting clear signs of recent delivery.
- Investigators place gestation at roughly 30 weeks, and forensic examination will clarify whether the death followed a miscarriage or a live birth.
- The suspect has been arrested as the presumed author of the baby’s death, and the criminal investigation remains open.
- Multiple agencies, including Local Police, Protección Civil, the Guardia Civil’s judicial unit, and Sermaj, coordinated searches and are reviewing waste-collection movements to secure the chain of evidence.