Investigation ended into little Lucía's railside death

Further investigation into the death of Lucía Vivar has officially been stopped after a judge said that no more admissible evidence had been found. Three-year-old Lucía was found dead on the rail line between Pizarra and Álora, in the Guadalhorce valley, on 27 July last year after disappearing while playing near family at Pizarra railway station the previous evening. Despite a huge overnight hunt for the child, the grim discovery was made the next morning on the line some four kilometres away.

Despite an autopsy concluding that Lucía had died after being hit by an early-morning train and ruling out foul play, the dead girl's family had asked for further inquires to be carried out, particularly into why early morning trains on the line weren't halted despite warnings that a girl was missing. They also wanted telephone records from local masts to be checked for suspicious behaviour.