
The autopsy that the professionals of the Institute of Legal Medicine of Ponferrada performed on the pilgrim Denise Pikka Thiem, whose body was found on September 12, months after her disappearance, conclude that the woman suffered at least six fractures during the brutal attack that ended her life. THE AMERICAN PILGRIM DIED FROM A TERRIBLE BEATING This puts Denise firmly on the Camino (without the detour to Castrillo de los Polvazares) and her murderer lying in wait and calculating his chances. The way it looks, the remains of Denise may well have been hidden in one and the same place from the beginning. didn't he say he put her there because he wanted her to be found?

He was responsible for directing the security forces to the place where the body of Denise was located after confessing before them and also before the Judge of Astorga that he had been responsible for her death. The only defendant, Miguel Angel MB, is in custody while awaiting trial. Therefore, forensics determined that the pilgrim suffered a violent death and was murdered. It was also determined that the body of Denise Thiem was found without hands, naked and completely hidden in bushes and that the date of her death coincides with that of her disappearance, and that de body may have been located at the place where it was found between one and eight months. The pilgrim died of a severe head trauma, but, according to this report, the body found last September in the underbrush of a property owned by the man accused of her death, Michelangelo MB, also had injuries in the thorax and jaw fracture, with loss of teeth, in addition to head injury. This is confirmed by the forensic reports released on Thursday morning by the 'Programa de Ana Rosa' on Telecinco. The autopsy report has determined that the pilgrim suffered a "violent death" and the body showed injuries in thorax, skull and a fracture of the jaw.ĭenise Pikka Thiem died from a strong blow to the head. Over time it was discovered in the investigation that these were the banknotes that the victim was carrying in her backpack.ĭENISE THIEM DIED FROM A STRONG BLOW TO THE HEAD The autopsy report has determined that the pilgrim suffered a "violent death" and the body showed injuries in thorax, skull and a fracture of the jaw.

She alerted the National Police about bank transaction made by the suspect, when he changed just over $ 1,000 into euros. This morning the court plans to take evidence from the police officers who carried out the arrest of the confessed murderer in Grandas de Salime (Asturias).Īfter the change of the investigating magistrate responsible for the case, since the former head of the case was transferred to León in their capacity as Judge of territorial jurisdiction, these days appear before the courts of Astorga the policemen who arrested Blas Muñoz in the Asturian town of Grandas of Salime and those who accompanied him during the reconstruction of events and at the time when the corpse was unearthed from the place where it was found.Īlso four residents of the village of Castrillo de los Polvazares and Valdemanzanas have been called to testify about details of their relationship with the accused as well as the owner of a bicycle shop who, during an informal conversation about the investigations carried out at the time, heard the suspect say: "That woman is already dead."Īlso in recent days the testimony of the employee of Cajamar has been collected. In the opinion of the doctors, the body had been deposited in the area where it appeared between one and eight months before its discovery and pending further studies, it is believed that it may have suffered an attack by vermin. The report states that the laryngeal cartilage was broken, and confirms that the victim was naked and had no hands at the time of her discovery.
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Examination has shown a contusion on the occipital area, another in the right temporal region, a third on the jaw that also caused her the loss of several teeth, plus several broken ribs. The autopsy of the remains of Denise Pikka Thiem reveals that the pilgrim suffered four fractures during the attack that caused her death.

AUTOPSY: THE BODY OF THE PEREGRINA SHOWS FRACTURES TO THE HEAD, JAW AND RIBS PLUS SEVERAL BROKEN TEETH
