Sunday, August 05, 2007
Body of missing girl in Tenerife found
If the fires this week were not enough bad news, on Thursday morning came the news that the body of missing teenager, Fernanda Fabiola Urzúa, had been located in the area of El Fraile, only about a kilometer from where she disappeared a week earlier.
The media are making it clear that "a young immigrant", resident in the south of Tenerife (obviously, unidentified and not even country of origin given) provided the key information that led police to the identification and capture of the murderer. The witness told the police that a blue Dodge pick-up had been seen in the Camino de Don Virgilio, where the girl disappeared, at the same time as she was returning home. 
That enormous, ostentatious and instantly recognizable vehicle - which appears totally at odds with the character of the construction worker who was apparently an introvert and hardly spoke to anyone - was his downfall.
Police found the pick-up after combing the area, parked in a street in El Fraile and centered their investigations on its owner, Héctor Fabio Franco Giraldo, who eventually confessed to the murder, once he had been told that one of Fernanda's piercings had been found in his vehicle and, took the agents to the site where he had buried her.
The 28 year old Columbian was charged with the kidnap, sexual aggression and murder of the teenager, although the autopsy later confirmed that she had not been sexually attacked.
Franco's previous record for sexual offences is based on an attack on a tourist in Los Cristianos in 2002, which was reported to police, but as often happens, was not brought to court as the victim returned to her country.
Typically Spanish report, "We now know that the attacker had been obsessed by the youngster for some time, and had followed her to a cybercafé."
According to the report in Canarias7 (via Slynation), Fernanda was killed shortly after she disappeared. It's clear that the teenager put up some resistance and that she died from a blow to the head with a rock.
Franco was remanded in custody after appearing in court in Arona.
El presunto asesino de la joven de Tenerife ingresa en prisión por orden del juez
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