Janet Anscombe

Update 11 July, 11 am: He is now accused of her murder. Some further details have come out. They lived in Valle San Lorenzo, and had two young children, both of whom lived at home with them. The victim had made no prior denuncias for abuse. As might be expected from the ample blood stains found in the family car, the poor woman’s body showed significant signs of violence, and was wrapped in a sheet.

She had worked in a crystal jewellery shop in Reina Sofía airport, and shocked co-workers said she was an extremely responsible employee who usually opened up the premises. It was her co-workers who were the first to become alarmed when she didn’t turn up for work because it was so unlike her. They rang her home, and her killer answered. It was his denial of knowledge but apparent lack of interest  in her whereabouts that raised their suspicions.

It appears that their concern worried him enough that he decided to report her “disappearance” to the Guardia Civil de Playa de las Américas, where he was identified as “very nervous”, suspiciously so. This is why the police started searching the family’s property and effects, and where traces of blood were found on the garage floor, and inside the boot of the family car.

The now accused killer is said to be a musician who plays in a group resident in a hotel in the south of Tenerife. He had claimed that the blood found was from a cut caused by one of his instruments. He later changed his story to say that he found his wife almost dead when he arrived home, the victim of a burglary. This is why he decided to put her in the boot of his car and dump her body … El Dia

Update 11 July, 1 am: Tragically, the body of this woman was found around 1.30 yesterday afternoon in a forest track next to the football field in El Roque, San Miguel. Her partner, who is in police custody, is the principal suspect in her death. Investigations continue, particularly with DNA tests, samples of which have been recovered from the blood stains found in the suspect’s car and others taken from the suspect himself. He is being interrogated in the presence of his lawyer. LO

Original post 10 July: A south Tenerife man identified by the initials P.L., and said originally to be from Hungary, was arrested yesterday afternoon  in connection with the disappearance of his partner. She has been identified as 37-year-old Emese Kristina Bodis, missing since the 8th when she failed to arrive at work. He remains in Guardia Civil custody in Playa de las Américas under instruction from Arona Court 7 after a considerable number of blood stains were found in his car. Investigations, including tests on the blood stains, continue.

If it turns out that this woman has been killed by this man, it would be the fifth such case of gender violence in Tenerife so far this year. There were three in March: 37 year old Russian Ala T., killed in El Médano; 35 year old Bolivian Alicia Lligin Pinduisaca in San Isidro; and 78 year old Onelia P.G., in La Guancha. Finally, just last month, 48 year old Delfina Brito Brito was stabbed by her husband in her home in Taco, Santa Cruz. LO

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