Alcàsser (, ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the ''comarca'' of

Horta Sud Horta Sud (, ; ) is a ''comarca'' in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain, to the south of the city. Geography It borders, to the north with the city of Valencia and the Horta Nord, to the northwest with Camp de Túria, to th ...

in the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...

, Spain.

History

Alcàsser murders

Between 1992 and 1993, Alcàsser attracted national attention due to the disappearance and murder of three schoolgirls Desirée Hernández, Miriam García, and Antonia Gómez. On 13 November 1992, they went missing while

hitchhiking Hitchhiking (also known as thumbing, autostop or hitching) is a means of transportation that is gained by asking individuals, usually strangers, for a ride in their car or other vehicle. The ride is usually, but not always, free. Signaling ...

to a nightclub in the nearby town of

Picassent Picassent () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of the Valencian Community, ''comarca'' of Horta Sud in the Valencia (autonomous community), Valencian Community, Spain. Picassent is a town of close to twenty thousand peo ...

. In January 1993, 75 days after their disappearance, their bodies were found in a

ditch A ditch is a small to moderate trench created to channel water. A ditch can be used for drainage, to drain water from low-lying areas, alongside roadways or fields, or to channel water from a more distant source for plant irrigation. Ditches ...

located near La Romana ravine. Their alleged murderers were Antonio Anglés and Miguel Ricart. Of the two, Ricart was the only one jailed; the whereabouts of Anglés, still among

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's most wanted criminals, remains unknown. A sculpture was made in memory of the girls.

References

Municipalities in the Province of Valencia Horta Sud {{valencia-geo-stub

History

Alcàsser murders

See also

References