5 Dec, 2024 @ 14:52
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Horror in Spain: Torched body of pensioner is found in boot of burning car

THE charred body of a pensioner has been found in the boot of a burning car in Spain.

A murder investigation has been launched by the Guardia Civil following the horror discovery in Burgos on Wednesday morning.

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The vehicle was found ‘engulfed in flames’ on the road connecting Villaquiran de los Infantes with Los Balbases.

Locals in Villaquiran called in the authorities after seeing smoke billowing into the sky.

Police officers arrived to find the car, which had a Castellon licence plate, completely torched.

The body discovered in the boot was ‘completely unrecognisable’, said police, who could only say it was ‘likely to be a man’.

It is not yet known whether the victim was driving the car or how he ended up in the boot.

The vehicle was not reported stolen and its owner has not been reported missing.

The Guardia Civil is still trying to locate said owner, who is of foreign origin.

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.

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