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 A Dominican woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison in Spain for murdering the eight-year-old son of her Spanish partner in a case that shocked the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20191001/stepmother-jailed-for-life-in-spain-for-killing-8-year-old-gabriel Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:50:06 +0200 stepmother-jailed-for-life-in-spain-for-killing-8-year-old-gabriel The body of former Spanish alpine skimedallist Blanca Fernández Ochoa was found Wednesday in a mountainous area near Madrid after days of searches for her by hundreds of police and volunteers, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20190905/blanca-fernndez-ochoa-found-dead Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:34:32 +0200 blanca-fernndez-ochoa-found-dead The family of the 23-year-old have made a public appeal in a desperate attempt to find a Liverpool fan who had not been seen since the game ended on Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.es/20190603/missing-in-madrid-liverpool-fan Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:38:24 +0200 missing-in-madrid-liverpool-fan The mother of two young children was detained by police on Thursday evening after she confessed that her two children were dead and buried on scrubland near her home. https://www.thelocal.es/20190315/tragic-end-to-police-search-for-missing-children-in-valencia-bodies-found-mother-arrested Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:50:43 +0100 tragic-end-to-police-search-for-missing-children-in-valencia-bodies-found-mother-arrested The Guardia Civil have launched a desperate hunt for two young children on Thursday afternoon after they were reported missing in the town of Godella in Spain’s eastern Valencia region. https://www.thelocal.es/20190314/police-launch-hunt-for-4-year-old-and-baby-missing-in-valencia Thu, 14 Mar 2019 17:46:32 +0100 police-launch-hunt-for-4-year-old-and-baby-missing-in-valencia A family in the UK have launched a desperate appeal to the public to help locate Nixon Smith who has not been heard of since catching a flight to Madrid on November 19th. https://www.thelocal.es/20181211/family-launch-appeal-for-23-year-old-brit-missing-in-madrid Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:45:44 +0100 family-launch-appeal-for-23-year-old-brit-missing-in-madrid The family of Lisa Brown were in Cadiz on Friday to launch a fresh appeal for information on her disappearance and announce a reward of €100,000. https://www.thelocal.es/20180323/family-launch-fresh-appeal-and-100k-reward-for-lisa-brown-missing-from-costa-del-sol-since-2015 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:03:02 +0100 family-launch-fresh-appeal-and-100k-reward-for-lisa-brown-missing-from-costa-del-sol-since-2015 The father of a Spanish au pair who disappeared for three days in Switzerland has told the Spanish press that his daughter has amnesia and doesn’t know what happened. https://www.thelocal.es/20170901/spanish-au-pair-who-went-missing-in-switzerland-has-amnesia-says-father Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:46:11 +0200 spanish-au-pair-who-went-missing-in-switzerland-has-amnesia-says-father A post-mortem determined that three-year-old Lucía Vivar Hidalgo died from a head injury most likely received after she fell asleep on the tracks and was hit by the first commuter train of the morning. https://www.thelocal.es/20170728/three-year-old-luca-died-after-falling-asleep-on-tracks-and-being-hit-by-a-train Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:31:14 +0200 three-year-old-luca-died-after-falling-asleep-on-tracks-and-being-hit-by-a-train Lucía Vivar Hidalgo went missing on Wednesday evening while playing on a terraza where her parents were having dinner. https://www.thelocal.es/20170727/three-year-old-girl-found-dead-on-train-tracks-in-southern-spain-after-wandering-off-during-dinner Thu, 27 Jul 2017 11:41:07 +0200 three-year-old-girl-found-dead-on-train-tracks-in-southern-spain-after-wandering-off-during-dinner A man who disappeared in Palermo, Italy – and has been sought by Interpol since 2011 – has been found by police in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20170707/italian-missing-for-six-years-found-barefoot-and-speechless-in-madrid Fri, 07 Jul 2017 17:49:09 +0200 italian-missing-for-six-years-found-barefoot-and-speechless-in-madrid David Oldman had been walking from London to Gibraltar when he went missing in June in the hills near Albox, in the southern Spanish province of Almeria. https://www.thelocal.es/20161010/hunters-find-body-of-british-hiker-missing-since-june Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:23:58 +0200 hunters-find-body-of-british-hiker-missing-since-june Hope had been fading for the couple since officials announced their boat had sunk in waters off the Philippines. https://www.thelocal.es/20160512/spanish-couple-missing-off-borneo-found-alive Thu, 12 May 2016 12:42:30 +0200 spanish-couple-missing-off-borneo-found-alive The boyfriend went on the run after the disappearance of Lisa Brown, a British mother-of-one who vanished last November from her home on the Costa del Sol. https://www.thelocal.es/20160511/denmark-arrests-boyfriend-of-british-mum-missing-in-spain Wed, 11 May 2016 14:22:40 +0200 denmark-arrests-boyfriend-of-british-mum-missing-in-spain A missing Malaysian boat with three foreigners aboard that disappeared in waters near the Philippines, which has seen a spate of kidnappings, is believed to have sunk, an official said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160509/hope-fades-for-spanish-sailing-couple-missing-in-malaysia Mon, 09 May 2016 14:05:19 +0200 hope-fades-for-spanish-sailing-couple-missing-in-malaysia After days of fruitless searching, the hunt for a missing Spanish doctor, who was legally declared dead in 2010 but found deep in a Tuscan forest, has been called off. https://www.thelocal.es/20151111/search-called-off-for-dead-spanish-doctor-found-living-in-italian-woods Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:18:58 +0100 search-called-off-for-dead-spanish-doctor-found-living-in-italian-woods UPDATED: DNA analysis has ruled out a skull found in Gran Canaria as that of the seven-year-old boy who disappeared eight-and-a-half years ago in the Canary Islands. https://www.thelocal.es/20150917/bones-found-in-hunt-for-spanish-boy-missing-since-2007 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:37:36 +0200 bones-found-in-hunt-for-spanish-boy-missing-since-2007 Police on the island believe they have found the remains of Jacqueline Tennant, 45, who failed to return from a mountain walk nearly eight years. https://www.thelocal.es/20150825/remains-found-of-british-hiker-missing-for-eight-years-in-mallorca Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:29:17 +0200 remains-found-of-british-hiker-missing-for-eight-years-in-mallorca The bodies of two women missing since Thursday were discovered on Wednesday evening dumped by a river after being burned and covered in quicklime. https://www.thelocal.es/20150813/two-women-missing-in-cuenca-found-dead Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:16:06 +0200 two-women-missing-in-cuenca-found-dead Laura del Hoyo, 24, and Marina Okarynska, 26, disappeared six days ago and their families fear they may have been kidnapped or hurt by Marina's ex-boyfriend. https://www.thelocal.es/20150812/fears-mount-for-two-missing-spanish-women Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:57:35 +0200 fears-mount-for-two-missing-spanish-women