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from Costa Blanca South- Murica Issue 54

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Skull found at alternative community near Granada is ‘not’ missing Dutch expat, but man in his 40s

IT was during a short walk with her dog before taking the kids to school that an expat got the most incredible shock of her life. Wrapped up warmly against the winter morning in the Alpujarras, near Granada, she had no idea why Dragon started scratching madly at the earth. Walking over she was horrified to discover that the German Shepherd cross had dug up a skull that she immediately knew was human. Initially thinking it was a victim of the Spanish Civil War, she later realised on returning to retrieve it that it was much more recently deceased.

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“It was definitely fresher and smelled quite a lot,” the Romanian expat, who asked not to be named, told the Olive Press. “My initial thoughts were that it probably belonged to a victim from the Civil War, as there were many people executed in this region and buried in unmarked graves. “But when I picked it up later and put it into a plastic bag to stop Dragon from chewing it, I knew it was much more recent.” The mother-of-two, who has

Gruesome discovery

EXCLUSIVE By Elena Goçmen Rueda

lived in Spain for 11 years, had soon got the father of her children to contact the Guardia Civil, in nearby Orgiva. A patrol car was quickly on the scene, by the new age settlement of Beneficio, near Canar, where the expats live. After taking the bag for safe storage, they went with her to visit the macabre site, which sits just below the main car park of the alternative community. They looked around and, oddly, found no further bones or remains. There was no sign of clothes or any other personal items, nor any signs of a struggle. Expats told the Olive Press they had initially believed the head was that of a Dutch woman named Linda, who had an abusive partner and a teenage son. “She had very distinctive teeth and we immediately suspected it was Linda,” said one. “She left in strange circumstances and we were worried about her.” A spokesman for the Guardia

Civil confirmed the discovery to the Olive Press and announced an investigation had been launched.

However, he denied that it belonged to the ‘missing’ Dutch woman and was ‘most likely’ a man in his 40s. “The Judicial Police have taken over the investigation and it has now been taken to a laboratory in Sevilla for its study,” he said. “DNA will be extracted and released to the Missing Persons database within the next two months.” He added: “We can assure you that it is not Linda, who is safe and sound and living in a commune elsewhere in Europe.”

DRAGON: Found the skull by the tree (below)

December 2nd - December 15th 2021 5 Was he bunny-hopping?

POLICE are investigating the bizarre shooting of a cyclist out on a weekend ride. Detectives are probing how Jose Miguel Toran was somehow shot multiple times by rabbit hunters while out on Sunday morning, near Alicante city. The shooting happened on the Monte Orgegia forest trail which is popular with mountain bikers and walkers. It is not known to be popular with hunters. Toran had supposedly startled three hunters, one of whom somehow ‘mistook him for a rabbit’ and discharged the equivalent of a hundred pellets. They went into his lower back as well as causing him leg and arm injuries. Fortunately no vital organs were hit and initially 20 pellets were removed by medical staff (see right). Doctors will monitor the state of his other wounds to see if further treatment will be necessary. While Toran is now likely to sue the hunter, he told SER Radio Alicante that he believed it was a genuine accident. The Policia Nacional confirmed that the hunter, who had a shooting licence, is likely to be charged with recklessness. It is unknown if he was undertaking the cycling trick of ‘bunny-hopping’ which is popular with BMX riders.