The pine tree at whose feet the head of a man in an advanced state of decomposition appeared last Thursday has in its crown a night surveillance point for hunters of the nocturnal wild boar raids. Yesterday, the scientific police of the Mossos d'Esquadra were still waiting for the result of the DNA comparison of the remains found in a stream next to the Can Ruti hospital in Badalona, with the sample delivered by the relatives of a 44-year-old man whose disappearance in Santa Coloma de Gramenet was reported on January 29.
The results of the DNA comparison are not going at the speed that the family of the missing man from the Osona region would like right now. No matter how quickly they move on a humanitarian issue, the conclusions will not be known for several days, despite the fact that the investigators from the homicide group of the northern metropolitan police region work from the first moment with the suspicion that it is the same person. The missing person had very identifiable dilations in the openings of his earlobes.
It was precisely his family who in February hung posters with the man's image around the Fondo metro stop and a couple of bars in Santa Coloma where he was last seen. Posters warning of his disappearance and requesting citizen collaboration. The victim was seen in the company of another man who yesterday admitted that yes, they met while waiting for the subway and that they were together that day. Without further ado.
When the family of the missing person, who filed a complaint at the Vic Mossos police station, learned from the media that the head of a man had been located in Badalona, they did not take long to contact the police. From that moment on, the investigation accelerated again, trying to obtain evidence of what happened that day against the clock.
The police are working with the hypothesis that the man whose head was found by a man looking for asparagus died violently. That he was murdered. Where is the rest of the body? That's what they're trying to find out.
On Friday, up to four dogs specialized in remains of people, living and dead, searched the wooded area. An abrupt area delimited between the Can Ruti road, a stream and orchards.
Investigators hope to obtain some element that will help them locate the rest of the body. The area is frequented not only by hunters, but also by asparagus seekers, sugarcane seekers and hikers who travel along the Font de l'Amigó path.
