Background information – victim | |
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Born | Marta del Castillo Casanueva 19 July 1991 Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
Burial | None |
Case information | |
Cause of death | Unknown; possibly blunt-head trauma |
Murder | 24 January 2009 Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
Judges | Francisco de Asís Molina Alejandro Vián (juvenile court) |
Arrested | Miguel Carcaño Delgado Francisco Javier Delgado Samuel Benítez Pérez María García Mendaro Francisco Javier García |
Convicted | Miguel Carcaño Delgado |
Charges | Murder Concealment of a crime Crime against moral integrity |
On January 24, 2009, Marta del Castillo Casanueva (born July 19, 1991), a Spanish high school student, disappeared and was presumably murdered in Seville, Andalusia. Del Castillo's disappearance was considered a case that "impacted Spanish society" and received significant coverage by the Spanish media.[1]
Del Castillo's ex-boyfriend, Miguel Carcaño Delgado, emerged as a prime suspect in her disappearance. At various times he has successively stated that her body was in different areas, such as the Guadalquivir River, and giving different accounts of her murder.[2] Despite extensive searches, and Carcaño's conviction in 2011, her body has never been found.
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