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Three arrested after woman's body found in well near Rincón de la Victoria
An investigation has been launched to establish the cause of death, and the find is being treated as a possible case of domestic violence
State security forces have launched an investigation following the discovery on Wednesday of a woman’s body inside a well near the motorway, in the ... municipality of Rincón de la Victoria.
According to the government office in Malaga, it is thought that the woman was murdered and the cases is being treated as domestic violence. Three people have been arrested in connection with the discovery.
The body was found mid-morning on 1 July in a well situated some 200 metres from junction 968 of the A-7, near Rincón de la Victoria, according to sources.
It apparently belonged to an adult woman, born in the 1990s and of Spanish nationality who had been missing for several months.
The judicial delegation was notified immediately so that the body could be removed; to this end, a duty judge, a legal officer from the judicial administration and a forensic pathologist were called in.
The find has led to the opening of a joint investigation between the Guardia Civil and the National Police. The government office has said that the case is being treated as "possible gender-based violence". The result of the post mortem will shed more light on the events.
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