Jordi Ferrer |
València (EFE) the facts but that could give rise to new revelations.
The judges of the Provincial Court of Valencia (in a sentence that was ratified by the Supreme Court) considered it proven that the three girls between 14 and 15 years old were kidnapped on November 13, 1992 by Miguel Ricart -the only one convicted-, another male identified that he was not arrested (Angles) and “possibly some other person.”
The judicial investigation of this crime, for which Court number 6 of Alzira is responsible, is completely exhausted. A piece dedicated exclusively to the location of Anglés, one of the most persecuted fugitives in all of Europe, remains open.
Within the framework of this piece, in recent months the Laxshmi Association (appeared in the case since the beginning of 2021), which exercises the public prosecution, has requested several expert evidence from the instructor. These fundamentally seek to shore up the accusation against Anglés by searching for his remains at the crime scenes or in the victims’ clothing.
Ricart and Anglés cars
As the criminologist Félix Ríos, founder of Laxhsmi, recalls, in April 2021 the examination of Ricart and Anglés’ vehicles was requested. The court agreed to the request six months later and it was unsuccessful because the continued exposure to the sun of the possible DNA remains made its analysis unfeasible.
However, the analysis of some fragments of hair and some upholstery clippings -in which there could be traces of blood- which were extracted from an area where, according to Ricart’s testimony, one of the women bled, is pending from this expert. the girls being hit by Anglés.
The victims’ clothes
In June 2021, this same association requested new DNA analyzes of several of the girls’ clothing, which the court agreed to in October, along with the previous ones (the defendants’ vehicles), which are pending.
In November 2021, a detailed report was presented on how Anglés’ escape could have developed and the court was asked to request the help of the United Kingdom and Ireland to allow access to certain databases of human remains to be identified.
In this sense, Ríos explains that “there are some of these databases that are not shared, as happened with the skulls found on the Irish coast, whose analysis was requested ‘ex profeso'” since the remains did not belong to Anglés.
A letter rogatory to Ireland
Within the framework of this new report, a letter rogatory was requested to be sent to the Irish authorities to locate the documentation seized by the crew of the City of Plymouth freighter – Antonio Anglés supposedly boarded it clandestinely on March 18, 1993 from Lisbon bound for Dublin – and possibly that of a drug addict who was able to welcome Anglés in the Portuguese capital.
The same petition requests the identification of the journalist who could have tried to communicate by telephone with that stowaway.
Identification of victims with DNA
In March 2022, the Laxshmi association requested that the skulls of the three victims be identified with modern DNA techniques, which were analyzed at the time with anthropometric techniques and for personal effects.
«It is not that we think that they are not them, but if one day Anglés is found, his identity could be questioned. We want to do things well, “says Ríos.
The skulls are kept at the National Institute of Toxicology and for their correct analysis the samples should be compared with the genetic profiles of their parents.
This request was denied by the investigating judge. The private prosecution has appealed to the Provincial Court of Valencia.
The carpet found in the pit…
In May 2022 – the court agreed in July – an analysis of the carpet with which the bodies of the girls in the grave and other remains were wrapped was requested.
Among them, a white sheet that covered a foam mattress on top of the La Romana booth, fibers from a mattress found in the same place, Toñi’s underwear, Desirée’s shirt and Miriam’s shirt, some of which tested positive at the time in reagents that indicated the possible presence of semen or blood.
…and a wet piece of paper
In September 2022 -the court agreed in November- Laxhsmi presented a last report in which he requested access for analysis to a piece of wet paper that was found in the grave and on which, at the time, analyzes were carried out that resulted unsuccessful.
The aforementioned popular accusation believes that there is a possibility that, using modern techniques, it can try to decipher if there is any type of typography, drawing or numbering that can remain hidden on this paper, which is suspected to be a bus ticket or an entry.
