Research resumed Monday, June 14 off the Canary Islands to try to find the body of a girl after the discovery of that of her sister, both killed according to the first elements of the investigation by their father, to inflict a "
pain inhuman
”to their mother.
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While this affair sowed fear in the country, hundreds of people responded to the call on Monday to observe a minute of silence in front of town halls. "
All of Spain is in shock,
" Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday. Docked since Saturday due to damage, a ship left the sea off the island of Tenerife at midday on Monday to try to find the body of one year old Anna and her father Tomas Gimeno . The body of Olivia, six, was found Thursday at the bottom of the ocean, in a bag and weighted by a boat anchor. The two little girls were reported missing on April 27 after leaving with their father.
Lifting the veil on the investigation, the magistrate in charge of the case indicated that the "
most likely
"
hypothesis
was that Tomas Gimeno killed his two daughters at his home before throwing their bodies into the sea in an area of great depth so that they are "
never found
".
His intention was not to kidnap them but to “
kill them according to a planned and premeditated scheme
”, according to a court document made public.
"
A violent death
"
"
He sought to inflict on his former companion the greatest pain he could imagine, an inhuman pain
", estimated the magistrate, according to which the mother of the two daughters, Beatriz Zimmermann, had broken up a year ago with Tomas Gimeno who had reacted very badly to this separation, especially since she had found a new companion. According to the autopsy carried out Friday morning on Olivia, the little girl died of a "
violent death
". “
Although we have only found Olivia's body at this stage, the most probable hypothesis concerning Anna is, unfortunately, the same,
” the magistrate said.
The mother of the two daughters published a letter in the Spanish media in which she said she hoped their death "
will not have been in vain
". Thanks to them, we know what vicarious violence means, "
that is to say by proxy against a child to attack a woman," she continues, calling for a hardening of
the violence.
laws
"to protect children". The case was transferred to a court in Tenerife specializing in violence against women.
In Spain, 39 minors have been murdered by their fathers or by their mother's companions or ex-companions since 2013, according to government figures. Since 2003, when Spain began to officially count feminicides, 1,096 women have been killed by their spouses, including 18 since the start of 2021.
