Horror as Spanish cops find dissolved remains of woman between two walls years after she vanished
Horror as Spanish police find dissolved remains of woman, 22, in wooden coffin hidden between two walls ‘after her ex-boyfriend confessed to killing her’…nine years after she disappeared
- Sibora Gagani went missing in 2014, shortly after breaking up with her partner
- Spanish police had called off the search until the friend’s arrest last month
- Investigators found remains lodged behind a wall in the couple’s old flat
Spanish police have found the remains of a young woman who had been missing for nine years behind a wall in her old flat.
Sibora Gagani, 22, went missing nine years ago after breaking up with her boyfriend, but Torremolinos police called off their search after finding nothing.
However, the former partner was held last month for the murder of a more recent love interest, known only as Paula.
Upon arrival at Torremolinos police station, he saw the picture of the Italian-Albanian woman on a bulletin board and allegedly confessed to her murder, saying, among other things, that he had dissolved her remains in acid.
Shortly afterwards, the police reopened the investigation into the Italian-Albanian Sibora.
Italian-Albanian Sibora Gagani had been missing since 2014 before police discovered her body on June 6
Sibora went missing shortly after breaking up with boyfriend Marco Gaio Romeo
Romeo reportedly confessed to Sibora’s murder after seeing her photo still at the local police station
Police searched between two walls after noticing an inconsistency between floor tiles
Marco Gaio Romeo, Sibora’s boyfriend shortly before her disappearance, was detained on May 17 in connection with the murder of Paula, a 28-year-old from Italy, after seeing her enter and exit her home.
Paula was allegedly stabbed 14 times by Romeo; father of one of her three children.
Despite not admitting to Paula’s murder, the 45-year-old reportedly spontaneously confessed to the earlier crime after seeing Sibora’s photo still on the wall after she went missing on July 7, 2014.
According to a statement from a central government official, he claimed to have dissolved Sibora’s remains in acid before putting them in a box.
Members of the Specialized and Violent Crimes Unit of the National Police inspected the attic apartment where the couple lived together before the disappearance.
The flat, which had already been searched in the original investigation, was located in the El Calvario area of Torremolinos.
After noticing that the lines through floor tiles on either side of what was believed to be just one wall were inconsistent, officers used an X-ray system to detect a wooden box hidden between two walls.
In the box, the body was divided into garbage bags, where the police also found a bunch of flowers.
Sibora lived in an attic apartment in El Calvario, Torremolinos, with Romeo before they separated
Margarita del Cid, Mayor of Torremolinos said on Twitter: ‘Overwhelmed after learning of the discovery of the body of young Sibora. “My deepest condolences to Sibora’s family and friends, and like Paula, may she find the peace she has been denied on Earth”
Human remains found inside and taken for autopsy and identification have yet to have their identities confirmed by DNA testing.
The apartment’s new tenants would cooperate with investigators as long as the case continues.
Margarita del Cid, Mayor of Torremolinos said on Twitter: ‘Overwhelmed after learning of the discovery of the body of young Sibora.
“My deepest condolences to Sibora’s family and friends, and like Paula, may she find the peace she has been denied on Earth.”
The statement coincided with the declaration of a day of mourning in the city.