Missing German expat found dead in apparent suicide on Spain's Costa del Sol

A YOUNG German expat has been found dead following a week-long search on the Costa del Sol.

The body of Stefan Zablotny, 32, was found on Sunday in a rural area of Rincon de la Victoria.

Zablotny’s partner had sounded the alarm last Monday after returning home from work to an empty house.

The Guardia Civil has taken over the investigation but sources say the working theory is that the man’s death was a suicide.

The SOS association for missing people revealed he had been found in an announcement last night, but did not give further details.

Reports say the young man had been living for just one-and-a-half months with his partner.

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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.
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