– This is very special. I have worked for 25 years in the police and have never come across a similar case, says police inspector José Antonio Olmega of the local police in Torremolinos to news. The violence section of the national police is investigating the case. According to police inspector José Antonio Olmega of the local police, the case has the highest priority. Photo: Frode Fjerdingstad / news A little over a week ago, Anne Mathea Morken from Ringebu was found dead on a street in Torremolinos. She had had several longer stays in the area in the past two years, both as a student in the personal trainer line of the Norwegian school Active Education and while she worked in the Norwegian customer service center of Sector Alarm in the town of Fuengirola. I think the cause of death will be determined soon. It is the violence section of the national police that is investigating the death. Sources in the national police tell news that the investigation into the case is still open, and that the public police have not put aside any theories about the cause yet. The violence section of the national police in Málaga is investigating the case in Torremolinos. They give the matter a high priority. Photo: Frode Fjerdingstad / news The police inspector believes, however, that the case has been narrowed down. – I think they already have the answers on the table, as we say here. What happens is that official statements must be well founded and based on highly reliable information. But they have certainly clarified many things already, says Olmega. Ever since the case became known, it has had a high priority with the Spanish police, and now Spanish police confirm that parts of the autopsy report are ready. However, the police are waiting for, among other things, the forensic toxicology analyzes which have been carried out at the Institute of Toxicology in Seville. – I think the autopsy report will give all the answers because there was nothing extraordinary around her, says Olmega about the discovery site on the pavement. He believes in a quick explanation of what happened to the late Anne Mathea Morken. It could be days or a week before the police determine the cause of death, he estimates. Anne Mathea Morken has lived in the city of Torremolinos in Spain She was often in this area She was found only a few hundred meters away Google Earth, Images: Landsat, Coperniucus, 2023 Terrametrics No signs of external violence According to what news is informed, the 21-year-old last had contact with her friends on Sunday 10 September, several days before she was found dead. There are also no digital traces after 10 September, based on what news learns. Several days after she last gave signs of life, she was found on a street corner in a busy street a couple of hours after midnight. She was then without a mobile phone, wallet and identification, according to police sources news has spoken to. All she had with her was a cloth net with a pair of sandals and a change of clothes. There were no signs of external violence when the police found her, according to police inspector José Antonio Olmega. – She was apparently well dressed and had a bag. There were no signs of violence or that she had destroyed clothes. It didn’t seem like there were symptoms of violence, but I don’t know if the autopsy report has concluded anything else, he says. PLACE OF FOUND: Anne Mathea Morken was found dead at this street corner. Photo: Frode Fjerdingstad / news The identity was first confirmed through analysis of fingerprints, in collaboration with the Norwegian Kripos. According to what news learns, Morken was found with a cloth bag with clothes and sandals. She was found in an area where she is said to have spent a lot of time, and which is less than 500 meters as the crow flies from what is said to have been her place of residence in Torremolinos. The next of kin have been informed that we are working on this case, but do not wish to comment. A city with little crime Security adviser Cristóbal Molina in the municipality of Torremolinos hopes for a quick resolution of the case. He says that this case is highly unusual in Torremolinos. The place is considered very safe, he says. Cristóbal Molina is a security adviser in the municipality of Torremolinos and says that the death is highly unusual in Torremolinos. Photo: Frode Fjerdingstad / news – I have never heard of something like this happening here before. Therefore, people here ask themselves many questions. What has happened? Why did it happen?, he recounts. Torremolinos has around 70,000 inhabitants, but in the summer months the city grows to around 350,000 with all the visitors who come to enjoy the sun and beach life. Torremolinos is a popular tourist town and keeping the town safe and secure is a high priority for the politicians at the town hall Photo: Frode Fjerdingstad / news – Torremolinos has been an international tourist destination for many years and this is a safe town. This is not an ordinary case for us. Not a typical party place Torremolinos is also not a typical party place with a lot of party drugs in circulation such as Ibiza or Magaluf, says the security advisor. Torremolinos attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists every year who want a sun and beach holiday. Photo: Frode Fjerdingstad / news There are no large discotheques in the city, only bars and smaller dance venues. – People come here to relax. We have many families with children who come, and we are a city that welcomes queers – and that is how we have become known throughout Europe. We don’t have the typical drunken tourism that you can find elsewhere in Spain, says Cristóbal Molina. The beach promenade in Torremolinos is a popular place where both locals and tourists stroll and enjoy the sun. Photo: Frode Fjerdingstad / news
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