“The woman in pink”, identified after 20 years since she was found dead. Who was Liudmila Zavada
A woman whose corpse was found in Spain more than two decades ago was identified on Thursday, September 24, following an international campaign. The victim was recognized as Liudmila Zavada, a 31 -year -old Russian.
The identity of “woman in pink”, revealed 20 years after her death in Spain: Interpol
This is the third person identified by the initiative “Identify me”, launched two years ago by Interpol to find out the names of women killed or deceased in suspicious circumstances in Europe, according to the BBC. The first case was of a British woman killed in Belgium. Liudmile's family recognized her after seeing a photo of her tattoo in a report.
“After 20 years, an unknown woman was played by her name ”, said Valdecy Urquiza, the Secretary General of Interpol, who runs the campaign. Urquiza stressed that this identification will provide “a new hope to families and friends to the missing persons ” and “new tracks“Investigators.
The corpse of Liudmile was discovered in July 2005, near a road in Barcelona province, northeast of Spain. The police called it “The woman in pink“, Because he wore a pink top with flowers, pink pants and pink shoes. The authorities considered the cause of death”suspect“, As the evidence indicated that the body had been moved in the 12 hours prior to the discovery.
Last year, the case was included in the operation “Identify me”, in which Interpol launched for the first time “black alerts”, requests for information on unidentified bodies and made available to police throughout the world information such as digital fingerprints. Earlier this year, the Turkish police checked the fingerprints in a national database, identifying Liudmila Zavada, and later confirmed a DNA match with a close relative. The investigation into the circumstances of his death continues.
The first victims identified
The first woman identified by the campaign was Rita Roberts, 31, from Wales, killed in Belgium in 1992. His family lived decades in uncertainty, without knowing what happened. Earlier this year, another woman found lifeless in a poultry quote was identified as Ainoha Izaga Ibiet Lima, 33, from Paraguay. Police described his death as “unexplained”.
Currently, investigators are trying to identify another 44 women found dead in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain, most of them between 15 and 30 years old. Interpol explained that global migration and human trafficking make identifying the bodies more difficult. At the same time, women are “disproportionately affected by gender violence, including domestic violence, sexual aggression and human trafficking”, Said an official of the Agency.
