https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The mummified body of a woman in her fifties was found inside her apartment in a town in northern Spain where her neighbours had not seen her for at least four years, police and reports said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170707/mummified-body-of-woman-missing-for-years-found-in-apartment Fri, 07 Jul 2017 10:38:45 +0200 mummified-body-of-woman-missing-for-years-found-in-apartment A 59-year-old man has been arrested at Barcelona airport in connection with the murder of a woman in Switzerland, police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160523/suspect-in-swiss-murder-arrested-in-spain Mon, 23 May 2016 13:18:31 +0200 suspect-in-swiss-murder-arrested-in-spain A truck driver was startled to find the body of a man, apparently mutilated and partially mummified. https://www.thelocal.es/20160304/mysterious-mummified-and-mutilated-man-found-in-spain Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:19:53 +0100 mysterious-mummified-and-mutilated-man-found-in-spain UPDATED: The family of a French 19-year-old girl found dead in a Barcelona hotel room on Sunday with knife wounds had reported the young woman missing, telling police she was depressed and displaying suicidal tendencies, Spanish media are reporting. https://www.thelocal.es/20141117/19-year-old-french-tourist-found-dead-in-barcelona Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:05:00 +0100 19-year-old-french-tourist-found-dead-in-barcelona A judge believes six police officers from the Spanish city of Cartagena murdered a man who had called them for assistance, taking him to a remote cove and beating him before dumping his body in the sea. https://www.thelocal.es/20141020/six-police-jailed-after-drug-addicts-body-found-in-sea Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:17:00 +0200 six-police-jailed-after-drug-addicts-body-found-in-sea A cemetery worker in a town in southern Spain has been suspended after a photo of him posing with an exhumed corpse went viral on social media. https://www.thelocal.es/20140911/gravedigger-suspended-for-corpse-photo-gaffe Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:49:00 +0200 gravedigger-suspended-for-corpse-photo-gaffe Staff at Madrid's Complutense University have admitted receiving off-the-record cash payments of up to €150 ($203) per day for preparing hundreds of dead bodies stored in the basement for use as teaching aids in unofficial, out-of-hours anatomy lessons. https://www.thelocal.es/20140617/cash-in-hand-for-corpse-courses-at-horror-uni Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:53:00 +0200 cash-in-hand-for-corpse-courses-at-horror-uni