Spain
Country Intelligence Summary
9
July 19, 2024
Top Motives and Outcomes in Spain
Top Motives
- Revenge — 7 case(s)
- Jealousy — 6 case(s)
- Money / Financial Gain — 5 case(s)
- Control/domination — 4 case(s)
- Avoid divorce settlement — 3 case(s)
Top Outcomes
- Investigation still ongoing — 6 case(s)
- Missing — 5 case(s)
- Arrest made — 5 case(s)
- Deadbody recovery — 4 case(s)
- Legal case ongoing — 4 case(s)
State / Province Case Counts in Spain
Cases in Spain: Red flag — Escalation Pattern / Violence
Ralf B and Petra G Missing Person Case, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Ralf B and Petra G, a married couple from Neuenkirchen, Germany, disappeared during a business trip to Spain in July 2024. Their van was found abandoned in a dangerous district near Barcelona with their belongings …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Barcelona | Incident Type: Missing Person / Presumed Homicide | Date: July 19, 2024
View DetailsAna María Knezevich Disappearance Involving David Knezevich, Madrid, Spain
Ana María Knezevich, a Colombian-born woman who recently separated from her husband David Knezevich, disappeared in Madrid in early February 2024. After discovering her husband's affair and initiating divorce proceedings, Ana María moved to Madrid …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Madrid | Incident Type: Missing Person / Presumed Homicide | Date: Feb. 3, 2024
View DetailsAnna Disappearance Involving David, Madrid, Spain
Anna, a Colombian woman living in Madrid after separating from her Serbian husband David, disappeared under suspicious circumstances amid a contentious divorce involving multi-million dollar assets. David traveled from the US to Madrid, disabling security …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Madrid | Incident Type: Missing Person / Presumed Homicide | Date: Feb. 2, 2024
View DetailsAnna Knesewic Henao Disappearance Involving David Knesewitsch, Madrid, Spain
Anna Knesewic Henao, a Colombian woman living in Florida, fled to Madrid in December 2023 to escape a bitter divorce battle with her husband David Knesewitsch, a Serbian man. The couple had been married for …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Madrid | Incident Type: Missing Person / Presumed Homicide | Date: Feb. 2, 2024
View DetailsSibora Gagani and Paula Disappearance Involving Marco Gaio Romeo, Torremolinos, Spain
Sibora Gagani, an Albanian woman living in Spain, disappeared in 2014 after a toxic and abusive relationship with Marco Gaio Romeo. After years of investigation, Marco was arrested and later confessed to hiding her body …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Torremolinos | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: July 7, 2014
View DetailsManfred Meisel, Claudia Leisten, and others Allegedly Murdered by Sven, Mallorca, Spain
On the stormy night of November 11-12, 1997, Manfred Meisel, a successful restaurateur known for the Bierkönig in Mallorca, his employee Claudia Leisten, and his 8-year-old son Patrick were brutally murdered in their finca near …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Mallorca | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 11, 1997
View DetailsT. Colás, E. Colás, and others Disappearance Involving Reinaldo Colás Navarro, Giuseppe Farina, and others, Benicarló, Castellón, Spain
In the 1990s and early 2000s, Spain was gripped by conspiracy theories involving child abuse and satanic rituals centered around a roadside bar called Bar España. The case involved the disappearance and murder of three …
State/Province: Castellón, Spain | City/Region: Benicarló | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: Jan. 1, 1996
View DetailsAntonia Gomez Rodriguez, Desiree Hernandez Folg, and others Disappearance Involving Antonio Anglés and Miguel Ricart, Elche, Valencia, Spain
In November 1992, three teenage girls—Antonia Gomez Rodriguez, Desiree Hernandez Folg, and Miriam Garcia Ibora—disappeared after hitchhiking to a disco in the Valencia province of Spain. Their bodies were found buried in a remote area …
State/Province: Valencia, Spain | City/Region: Elche | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: Nov. 13, 1992
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