The body of a woman found in a suitcase in Benahavis does not belong to missing Latvian woman Agnese Klavina.
There had been hope that the grisly discovery could bring some closure to the family of Agnese, 30, who vanished after leaving the Aqwa Mist nightclub in Puerto Banus with two Brits back in 2014.
Now, the Guardia Civil has issued a public appeal for help identifying the woman, whose skeletal remains were discovered in April 2023.
The remains were found by a gardener working near the The Crest La Quinta urbanisation.
A detailed forensic examination puts the woman’s age at around 40, and her time of death between 2020 and 2023 (long after Agnese’s disappearance).
Description of the victim
According to anthropological studies released by the Direccion General de la Guardia Civil, the woman was of apparent European origin and measured around 1.6metres (5ft2).
She had white skin, brown eyes and her natural hair colour was brown or dark brown.
Investigators have also stated that certain osteological indicators suggest she had at least one child.
Authorities believe she was in generally good health prior to her death.
Forensic facial reconstruction released
As standard identification methods have so far failed to confirm her identity, investigators sought assistance from forensic specialists.
They contacted the Forensic Anthropology Unit of the Institute of Legal Medicine of Galicia, where advanced facial reconstruction techniques were used to produce a facial composite image.
The reconstructed image has now been released in the hope that someone may recognise the woman and provide information that could lead to her identification.
Public urged to come forward
The Guardia Civil is asking anyone with relevant information to contact the judicial police in Malaga.
The case remains open, and officers are continuing to examine all possible leads.
Klavina family’s lawyer fears she is ‘at bottom the sea’
The lawyer for the Klavina family said before the trial of her alleged kidnappers that she was ‘at the bottom of the sea.’
Notorious British expat Westley Capper and his friend Craig Porter had been accused of kidnapping Agnese.
She was last seen alive on CCTV getting into Capper’s Mercedes outside the-then Aqwa Mist nightclub.
Years later, Capper, the Essex-born son of a millionaire, killed a Bolivian mother in San Pedro de Alcantara when he ran her over with his car at tremendous speed. He died from Covid in prison in 2021.
While prosecutors claimed Agnese was forced into the car, both Capper and Porter were cleared in 2019.
Capper was convicted of a lesser crime of coercion relating to the way he got ‘drunk’ Agnese to leave with him and was handed a two-year prison sentence.
Porter, from Liverpool, was found guilty of being Capper’s accomplice and given a six-month jail sentence.
Capper had always maintained that he drove Agnese to her flat where she was staying at for the summer and dropped her off. He claimed that he drove her there because she changed her mind about attending an afterparty at his house.
Fernando Scornik, one of the lawyers who represented Agnese’s family, said ahead of the trial that she was ‘at the bottom of the sea.’
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