Couple arrested in Valencia for allegedly killing a baby in Santa Bàrbara

BarcelonaThe National Police have arrested a couple in Valencia for allegedly killing a baby in Santa Bàrbara (Montsià). The girl had been missing since Friday in a property in the municipality, which the Mossos d'Esquadra searched without finding any trace of the child, but did find about thirty dead or malnourished dogs.

In fact, the child's grandfather had filed a report for her disappearance and the police were investigating the relationship the child's parents might have had. Finally, they were arrested this Wednesday at half past eight at the Estació del Nord, in the center of Valencia.

According to the newspaper Levante, the grandfather assured the police that his daughter-in-law, the baby's mother, had informed him of the child's death and that she had buried her at home in a cardboard box. Investigators are now working to confirm the child's existence, as the grandfather who reported her disappearance never knew her. On the other hand, he had known the other five children of the detainees.

The investigation is in the hands of a court in Amposta which is keeping the case under seal and which had issued an order to arrest the baby's parents. The Mossos d'Esquadra have inspected a dwelling in the vicinity of Carrer Major in Santa Bàrbara looking for the child, and the property has been sealed since about thirty dogs, some dead and the rest malnourished, were found there last weekend.