MARI LUZ CORTES - Aged 5 years - Huelva (Spain)

hippy
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:23 pm

SOS Madeleine 6/3/2008

06.03.2008

Parents Mari Luz thanked the assistance of the Portuguese authorities

Parents Mari Luz, the small Spanish disappeared 53 days ago in Huelva (Spain) were received this morning by the Portuguese authorities in Faro, whom they wanted to thank the aid provided in the search for their daughter.

Accompanied by representatives of the Spanish authorities, Juan Jose Suarez Cortés and Irena were received by the civil governor and the mayor of the city of Faro, capital of the region.

José Apolinário, mayor of Faro, confirmed that the municipality would finance the Portuguese version posters research Mari Luz, despite the fact that the Spanish authorities continue to believe that the child was not brought to Portugal.

Juan José Cortés, the father of Mari Luz, continues to reject comparisons between the disappearance of her daughter and that of Madeleine McCann, refusing to believe that the same reasons are behind the two disappearances.

Without money, but prepared to "negotiate"

In statements to journalists who accompanied their visit to Portugal, the parents of Mari Luz confirmed having received the past week, a phone call demanding two million euros in exchange for the child.

Police in Spain determined that it was a false trail, but the family of Mari Luz, admitting it does not have the financial means to cope with a demand of this magnitude, expressed ready to "negotiate if it means the return of the girl."
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merlynsam
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:38 pm

Spanish TV are reporting that a body has been found in the sea near Heulva.

It has since been confirmed (Spanish TV again) that the body is that of Mari Luz - wearing the same clothes as she had on when she disappeared.

I will bring you more news when I hear anything.

RIP little one!

merlynsam
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:41 pm

Diario de Sevilla

Updated 07.03.2008 - 19:15

On-line translation:

The Civil Guard confirms that the corpse rescued in the sea corresponds to the little girl Mari Luz

The body was found this afternoon in the surroundings of the Huelva estuary and has been moved to the port of the capital Huelva, which runs until Lopez Garzon.

The body found today in Huelva within the estuary of Huelva corresponds to Mari Luz Cortes, the girl who remains missing Huelva in the capital Huelva since January 13.

This was made known sources of the Comandancia de la Guardia Civil de Huelva, which ensured that the body found was that of the smaller, but could not specify more data.

For its part, sources from the Government Sub-commission in Huelva indicated that someone spotted the body floating in the sea and gave notice to the Civil Guard which, with a ship, is currently towing the body until Muelle de Levante.

The delegate of the Government in Andalusia, Juan Jose Lopez Garzon, is directed at the moment to Huelva.

http://tinyurl.com/3dbp3x

merlynsam
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:01 pm

es.noticias

7th March 2008

HUELVA, 07 (EUROPE PRESS) - the Civil Guard today located in an undetermined point of the Huelva coast the body of a girl who could be Mari Luz, the girl from Huelva who disappeared from Huelva in the 13 of January. Sources of the Subdelegation of the Government in Huelva said to Europe Press that someone sighted a body floating in the sea and gave warning to the Civil Guard, who, with a boat, is at the moment towing the body to the 'Muelle de Levante'. The same sources indicated that, although there is no confirmation, the first indications aim that the body is the one of the of five years old, Mari Luz.

http://es.noticias.yahoo.com/ep/20080307/tes-aparece-en-el-mar-flotando-el-cuerpo-44b36e8.html

merlynsam
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:10 pm

YouTube

Mari Luz Cortes - where are you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv5X2ld8kiY

merlynsam
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:14 pm

You can leave a message of support for the family of Mari Luz:

http://www.mariluzcortes.es/blog/?cat=1

tezza
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:26 pm

Sleep little angel in heaven.
You are safe now and nobody can harm you here.

RIP angel and may God bless and comfort your family.

vovvan
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:19 pm

Rest in peace little angel Mari Luz. xxx

tamsin
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:23 pm

:cry:

merlynsam
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:31 pm

Typically Spanish

7th March 2008

She disappeared almost two months ago and her body was found on Friday

Five year old Mari Luz, missing from Huelva since she left her home in the El Torrejón area of the city on 13th January for a short trip to the local sweets kiosk, has been found dead.

El Mundo said her body was found on Friday evening in Huelva province in the Torrearenilla marshland, in a river close to the Cepsa refinery installations, by an employee of the petroleum company. It’s understood that Mari Luz’s body was found with the clothes she was wearing when she disappeared , and that her body was badly decomposed.

There was news just last week that the family of the five year old had received a ransom demand for two million euros, via an anonymous caller who demanded the money to release the child.

While it was thought to be a hoax, the family said they were prepared to negotiate in the case of serious calls. Mari Luz’s uncle, Diego Cortés, said at the time that the family would personally go to rescue his niece if necessary, but said they would only be able to raise around 300,000 €.

El Mundo said Mari Luz’s parents, Juan José Cortés and Irene Suárez, had arrived at the scene to identify their daughter’s body, and that Juan José López Garzón, the central government delegate for Andalucía, was also en route to the site where Mari Luz’s body was found.

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_15463.shtml

merlynsam
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:46 pm

Hispanidad

7th March 2008

Transferring the body of Mari Luz Cortes to tanatorio for autopsy tests

The body of Mari Luz Cortes, who was found this evening in Huelva at sea, has been transferred by ambulance from the Muelle de Levante to tanatorio of Huelva, where he conducted the autopsy and the scientific evidence for definitive identification.

Thus, after the removal of the corpse by the judge guard, the body of the child who disappeared in the capital city of Huelva on January 13 has been moved to tanatorio between scenes of enormous pain on the part of family members, including parents, Juan Jose Cortez and Irene Suarez, friends and neighbors of the family.

Until facilities Muelle de Levante have moved numerous authorities of Huelva, as the first edil, Pedro Rodriguez, the delegate of the Government of the Board in Huelva, Justo Mañas, or subdelegation of the central government in the province, Manuel Bago, in addition many elected representatives in the municipal corporation, while it was still awaiting the arrival of the delegate of the Government in Andalusia, Juan Jose Lopez Garzon.

In this regard, Fair Mañas told reporters that "until it is done the autopsy," prefers not to speak about the identity of the corpse, although he noted that "the feeling of sadness is enormous, because this is the corpse of a girl ".

Thus, he stressed the "important state of nerves" of the relatives of the child but it was not necessary for the health authorities [medics] to help them, while ignoring assured details on how and when it found " body, which according to Europa Press identified sources of the Civil Guard, corresponds to the lower disappeared.

There were some moments of great tension at the Quay, especially when the child's grandparents confronted the police for 'not having searched for the child on boats and around the quay areas, like the family insisted'.

Sources from the Government Sub-commission in Huelva pointed to Europa Press that someone spotted the body floating in the sea and gave notice to the Civil Guard which, with a boat, towed the body until Muelle de Levante.

http://www.hispanidad.com/noticia_ep.aspx?ID=20080307201434

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:34 pm

:cry:

I don't know what to say! I am in shock!

Heaven has gained another angel!

RIP Mari Luz

tezza
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:57 pm

Joana Morais blog

15/01/08

Mari Luz Cortés, missing in Huelva

http://joana-morais.blogspot.com/2008/01/mari-luz-corts-missing-in-huelva.html

ewe2
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:17 pm

Rest In Peace Little Mari. This should not have happened. :cry:

Photo Cube

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:28 pm

Thank you Ewe. I'm bursting out crying but it is lovely.

smokie
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:13 am

Ewe, it's lovely but it sent shivers down my spine. :cry:

ewe2
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:38 am


Glitter Graphics


Build your own Blingee

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:24 am

That is so lovely, thank you Ewe.RIP Mari Luz.Thinking about your name, it is a shining star Sweet dreams now.

merlynsam
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:25 am

The Sun

8th March 2008

By TOM WORDEN

Mari Luz Cortes found in river

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article892178.ece

merlynsam
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:26 am

The Telegraph

Last Updated: 2:13am GMT 08/03/2008

By Fiona Govan in Madrid

Spanish police find body of missing girl

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/08/wmaddy108.xml

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:52 am

I thought a map of Huelva might help

http://www.in-andalucia.com/andalucia_guide/map/huelva_map.htm

also map showing Parque Moret where she went missing from & el Torrejon where she lived with her family.Also if zoom in you can find Rio Odiel & Rio Tinto which were searched.

http://www.sol.com/maps/?latitude=37.26599302767281&longitude=-6.938724517822266&zoom=14&title=Huelva%20capital,%20PROVINCIA%20de%20Huelva&idProvincia=21

I expect we'll hear mention of a specific region soon so we get a better idea.I'm finding it impossible to believe she was there for sometime undiscovered as everyone was looking for her.

lin200
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:00 am

Rest In Peace you little angel

hippy
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:04 am

Just turned on Sky News with my first cuppa! What a shock! So very, very, sad. Didn't have chance to get on here last night - so it's the first I knew about it.

RIP little angel, no one can hurt you now, fly free, little butterfly :cry:

pam supportfromireland
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:06 am

I was thinking of you hippy as you were so very close to the case posting all the time. Hope you're ok, we're chatting on newsroom and chill zone if want to.

hippy
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:09 am

pam supportfromireland wrote:I was thinking of you hippy as you were so very close to the case posting all the time. Hope you're ok, we're chatting on newsroom and chill zone if want to.

Crying as I type! What a sick world we live in eh? Makes me so sad and so angry that this should happen to such an innocent little life. Thanks Pam for your words, was really hoping this case would have a happy ending.