Portuguese woman feared ‘dead in suitcase’ turns up alive, and ‘aggressive’
The morbid mystery of trying to establish the identity of the ‘body in the suitcase’ discovered in Spanish Galicia is moving on apace. It is not the missing mother from
Funeral agent caught in Loulé death certificate scheme
Both men are awaiting trial A funeral agent in Loulé has been caught in a scheme which involved a doctor issuing death certificates remotely without carrying out an autopsy. According
Traffic stop catches Portuguese man wanted for kidnap
30-year-old man sought by authorities in Switzerland over two ‘kidnappings’ A Portuguese national has been arrested following a routine traffic stop in Spain. His identification papers flagged up the fact
Second Portuguese family desperate for confirmation of body found in suitcase
Isabel Lima, 42, last seen camping with ‘foreign pilgrim’ in Vigo A second Portuguese family is waiting desperately for further forensic information on the body of a woman, discovered badly decomposed
Body of woman discovered in suitcase rekindles hope in search of missing mum
Pregnant Mónica Silva, 33, has been missing since October 3, 2023 The discovery of a body of a woman, in a suitcase ‘abandoned’ near Vigo, Spain, has rekindled hope in
Child shot in head in Setúbal yesterday dies in hospital
The seven year old boy shot in the head from a passing car in the Bela Vista neighbourhood of Setúbal yesterday died “during the night”. Sources at Lisbon’s Santa Maria
Masked men pretending to be police hijack van on A23 motorway
Four masked men pretending to be police hijacked a van on the A23 motorway at aropund 1 o’clock this morning, near Santarém. The van driver has explained that the men
Child battles for life after being shot in head in Setúbal
Child and grandmother targeted in drive-by shooting A seven year old child is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in the head in Setúbal at around 12.30pm
GNR registers “more dating, relationship violence crimes in 2023”
Food for thought on Valentine’s Day 2024 Portugal’s GNR – the main police force in non-urban areas – recorded 1,497 crimes of dating and relationship violence in all age groups, last
Angolan man killed ‘mafia-style’ in hall of Oeiras apartment block
PJ police are “trying to identify” two armed men, caught on film, who gunned down an Angolan man at the entrance of an apartment block in Bairro dos Navegadores, Oeiras