26 Jan, 2019 @ 17:23
1 min read

Little Julen suffered ‘severe head trauma’, Malaga autopsy shows

HEARTBREAKING: Mum and dad of Julen are being assisted by psychologists after the body of their son, 2, was found this morning

JULEN Rosello’s autopsy has revealed that the two-year-old suffered a ‘severe head trauma’. 

According to El Mundo, the full results of the autopsy, which began at 8.30am this morning, will now be transferred to a Malaga court.

Officials there will determine the most likely cause of the boy’s injuries.

There has been no suggestion that the head trauma was not sustained by his fall down the well in Totalan some 13 days ago.

According to the position of the body, experts say the boy fell ‘quickly and freely’ some 71 metres down the shaft.

The boy was found covered in earth, most likely due to the soil he would have moved off the walls on his way down, investigators say.

Julen was found dead at 1.25am today following the biggest rescue mission in Spanish history.

Some 300 people were drafted in to aid the rescue mission, including land surveyors, firemen, Guardia Civil and the eight Asturian miners who spent more than 31 hours digging during the final two days.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

GOT A STORY? Contact newsdesk@theolivepress.es or call +34 951 273 575 Twitter: @olivepress

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Previous Story

MAKE A KILLING: Andalucia zoo offering €350,000 contract for supplier of dead rats, mice and chicks

Next Story

Pioneering surgery performed on ‘inoperable’ patient with pancreatic cancer in Spain

Latest from Lead

Go toTop

More From The Olive Press