Kripos confirms this to news on Tuesday afternoon. In consultation with the family, the police choose to publish the name of the woman who was found dead in Torremolinos in Spain. Her name is Anne Mathea Morken and she is from Ringebu. Kripos has assisted in the identification of the 21-year-old and notification of next of kin. – She was identified based on fingerprints by the Spanish police, says chief of staff Hans-Peder Torgersen in Kripos. Torgersen states that Kripos has contributed so-called comparative material to the Spanish police. This is done so that the police in Spain can carry out analyzes against fingerprints known to have been deposited by the deceased. Kripos is often contacted regardless of the reason. The reason for her death must be investigated by the Spanish police, says Torgersen. Opening the youth center in Ringebu On Tuesday evening, the youth center in Ringebu opens for anyone who needs someone to talk to. The municipality’s crisis team was available to the next of kin throughout the weekend should they need follow-up and health care, says deputy mayor Kristin Teigen to news. Lived in Spain Morken is said to have lived in Spain recently. According to news, the 21-year-old last had contact with her friends on Sunday 10 September, four days before she was found dead. Only after several days did the Spanish police come out with confirmation that it was a Norwegian woman who had been found in Torremolinos. It became known on Tuesday, after the identity had been confirmed through analysis of fingerprints. Relatives were notified on Monday evening. In Spain, the case has been transferred from local police to the violence section of the national police. The national police in Spain are investigating the cause of the woman’s death. She was found on this street. Photo: Frode Fjerdingstad / news Cause of death not clear The Spanish police are still waiting for the autopsy report. They are keeping the cause of the death open, and state that the investigation is following several possible leads. news has been informed that last week the police carried out investigations in the apartment where Morken lived. They also allegedly knocked on doors in the neighborhood where she was found. According to news’s information, the police have requested surveillance images from the area between 11.00pm and 0.50am on the evening and night in question. As of now, no one has been arrested for the death. Tip news’s crime group: Do you have information about this case or other crime cases? Contact news’s crime group. You can tip us off by e-mail or through news’s encrypted notification service. Here you can tip us anonymously. We also treat all tips confidentially, in line with the Vær varsom poster’s rules on source protection.
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