– We have ended the search due to the weather conditions. There is too much snow. We will continuously assess whether we can try again if there is a period of mild weather, or whether we have to postpone the search until spring/summer. This is what police inspector Anders Skorpen-Trøen in the Møre and Romsdal police district tells news. He also provides information about the course of time in the case. Anders-skorpa Trøen in Møre and Romsdal police district. Photo: Gunnar Sandvik / news This is what he says: Saturday 29 July: Kripos contacts Møre and Romsdal police district, and passes on questions from Spanish police. The information they received was that a woman was missing after a holiday in Scandinavia. Spanish police wondered if the police in Møre og Romsdal could check whether she had been at the Grand Hotel in Åndalsnes. On Monday 31 July, the Møre and Romsdal police district found out that the woman had checked in and out of the Grand Hotel in Åndalsnes, and passed this on to the Spanish authorities. On Friday 13 October, Spanish authorities made contact again. They wanted the police to ask the hotel more questions about the woman. On Saturday 14 October, the police found that there was a suitcase in the hotel, which may have belonged to the Spanish woman. They passed on the information to the Spanish police, asking if they could open the suitcase. The same weekend, the police opened the suitcase, and found information that indicated that the Spanish woman could have gone to Romsdaleggen. Difficult weather conditions meant that the police could not start a search. On 18 October, the police start the search at Romsdalseggen, and the media received information about the case. Then the police also received tips from members of the public, who had seen the woman in the mountains. They were also handed a bag with contents that indicate that a Spanish person owned the bag. On 19 October, they were to search more specifically in the area of Mjølvafjellet and Høgaksla by Romsdalseggen for the tip, but had to end the search due to the weather conditions. Routine correspondence Between the period 31 July and 13 October, Kripos must have had contact with Spanish authorities, Skorpen-Trøen says, but without the police in Møre and Romsdal being involved. Kripos has a role as a national contact point in matters concerning international police cooperation. Senior adviser Jonas Fabritius Christoffersen in the communications department at Kripos confirms that they received information from Spain which indicated that the woman could be staying in Møre and Romsdal. Measures were taken without the missing woman being located. – The correspondence between Kripos and the Spanish police during this period has been of a routine nature and concerns the collection of identity information and entries in Norwegian registers, writes Christoffersen in an email to news. No information was revealed in the communication with the Spanish authorities that would make it necessary to introduce additional measures for the Norwegian police during this period. – Bank card not used There is no information to suggest that anything criminal has happened, and there is no information to suggest that she has come down from the mountain, explains the police inspector. – We have also learned from the Spanish authorities that bank cards have not been used after that day either. This suggests that she has not come down, says Skorpen-Trøen. The police have now put the search on hold until the weather conditions improve. – It’s a tragic event if she has been in the mountains and was not looked for until now. Regardless of whether we had reason to look before or not, it is a sad incident. We understand that the public thinks so, and not least the bereaved and next of kin, says Skorpen-Trøen. Archive image: The picture was taken at Nesakla, Romsdalseggen. Photo: Øyvind Berge Sæbjørnsen / news
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Police end search for Spanish woman at Romsdalseggen in Åndalsnes – news Møre og Romsdal – Local news, TV and radio
