On August 15, 1996, Maria José Arcos disappeared without a trace, or rather, taking into account what his family has been denouncing for 25 years, someone ended his life Until now, it has not been possible to prove the authorship of the crime. In relation to this alleged murder, a man, a friend of his, was arrested, who spent a month in prison and was released due to lack of evidence.
Maria José was 35 years old when she undertook a long relaxing weekend for which she had previously bought clothes and had gone to the hairdresser. He never contacted his sister Rosa, whom he agreed to call the following Monday. His car was found parked near the Corrubedo lighthouse.
His family, led by Rosa, has not stopped fighting since then to clarify what happened. “This date is hard and with round numbers, 25 years, even more. This year, Maria José would turn 60, which makes you think of that life taken away. “ These are the words of Rosa, convinced that a disappearance like her sister’s would be approached in a different way today because then “the family’s story was not believed; I want to think that today it would be different, she would be treated as a female victim of gender violence “.
The investigation in the criminal field is not definitively archived, has a provisional file for 10 years, date on which was released, suspected of murder, the only detainee in connection with this case.
Rosa explains on this 25th anniversary that the family “He does not contemplate the possibility of giving up because we are not able to rest until we have an answer.”
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