Tragedy in Spain's Murcia: Friends report woman missing before finding her dead body floating in the pool of private finca

THE body of a 31-year-old has been found floating in a private pool in Murcia.

The unnamed woman was discovered by her friends late on Sunday night.

The tragic events took place at a finca located between the towns of El Jimenado and Torre Pacheco.

According to the Emergency Coordination Centre of Murcia, the 112 hotline received a call from the property at around 11pm.

The caller said her friend had disappeared from the property they were staying in.

The woman called again at 11.16pm to say she had discovered her friend in the pool, unconscious.

Paramedics rushed to the scene but could only confirm her death.

Two women and a man, aged between 31 and 34, had to be treated for shock.

A routine investigation has been launched to determine what led to the young woman’s death.

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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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