37 h. ago The mystery of the nameless girl found dead in a Spanish border town

On a summer morning in 1990, the body of a young woman appeared in a small town close to the frontier. For those who saw her, finding her identity became an obsession that would last 30 yearsNobody can recall who first phoned the police on the morning of 4 September 1990, but everyone remembers the girl. Her body, hanging from a pine tree on a steep slope above the Spanish frontier town of Portbou, was visible to anyone looking up from the beach or across from the opposite hillside. She was barefoot, with grey-blue eyes and thick chestnut-brown hair. She wore blue dungarees over a turquoise green shirt.Portbou, squeezed into a cauldron-like Mediterranean cove, had only 2,000 inhabitants but plenty of police officers. In these years before the Schengen agreement, guards were stationed on the French border but these officers were experts in immigration and smuggling, not violent deaths. Instead, Enrique Gómez, a 35-year-old investigator from the Guardia Civil police force was called i...

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1 week ago My friend left me for dead and then mocked me when I was in hospital... she's a waste of space and deserves PRISON

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Becky Williams was 'left for dead' by her friend after a drunken car crash left her with a fractured skull - and says she should be in jail.

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1 week ago Two dead including young girl in horror caravan park fire as police launch probe

An investigation is underway into a fire after two people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed in a blaze at a holiday park in the early hours of the morning.

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2 w. ago Teenage girl shot dead in north London in feud sparked by social media humiliation, court told

17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne-Blake, shot dead in Tottenham, may not have been intended victim of gang feud, trial hears

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2 w. ago Teenage girl shot dead in feud sparked by social media humiliation, court told

Marcus La Croix and Michael Clarke deny murdering 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne-Blake in north London.

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4 w. ago Young girl found dead after vanishing in pink jumpsuit and no shoes

Airlie Montgomery, 6, was last seen near Grotto Walk, a walking area known for its cliff-top views.

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