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A couple, one Irish and one New Zealander, were found dead in a hot tub near Valencia. Their children made the discovery. While homicide is being investigated, the lack of break-in signs and potential for accidental puncture marks suggests a non-violent cause is possible. Autopsy results are awaited.
Investigators have not ruled out accident as cause of deaths of couple in villa near Valencia The couple’s teenage children found the bodies in the hot tub on Tuesday in a rented villa in Cullera, near the city of Valencia on The local civil guard had initially reported that the deceased were Irish.
However, it has corrected that information and clarified their ages, saying that the woman was a 51-year-old Irish national and her husband was 48 and from New Zealand. Homicide detectives are handling the case.
However, local media have reported there were no signs of a break-in at the property and investigators have not ruled out other possible causes of the deaths, with an accident seen as a likely explanation. The mystery of a once ubiquitous Dublin symbolAt least one of the bodies was found with puncture marks on the skin, although investigators believe these could be consistent with a fall.
On Thursday night the results of the postmortems, which were being carried out in Valencia, were still pending.
“Many of the hypotheses are subject to what comes out of the autopsies,” civil guard spokesman Pablo Cea told The Irish Times.. Local media reported that relatives of the couple had travelled to Spain to accompany the children, who were staying in a nearby hotel.
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