A family residing in Bizkaia reported in 2009 that six years earlier, in January 2003, they had lost sight of their ex-husband, father and brother, and that they feared he might be wandering the streets of Bilbao. The search was unsuccessful at that time and the family even lost hope of locating the missing man, until this March the Civil Guard located him, 21 years after his disappearance, working as a traveling fairground.
The disappearance report was filed at the Civil Guard headquarters in Barakaldo (Bizkaia) in 2009. It was reported that the last contact with the missing person occurred on January 1, 2003, and suspicion of who could live on the street in the Bilbao neighborhood of Zorrotza. It was also reported that this person had various medical and financial problems.
The investigators, taking into account the type of disappearance, carried out efforts to locate this person at the last address provided by the relatives and in nearby streets in the Zorrotza neighborhood of Bilbao, with negative results.
According to reports from the Civil Guard, in application of the Protocol of Action of the Security Forces and Corps in Cases of Missing Persons by the National Center for Missing Persons (CNDES), DNA was taken from one of his children, resulting in negative. There was also no death certificate in the civil registry, nor registration in any town hall.
The investigators, however, located a checking account in use at a bank branch in Caparroso (Navarra), into which the missing person’s pension continued to be deposited, verifying that it was withdrawn in cash twice at the beginning. of each month, the Civil Guard explains in a note.
As a consequence, the civil guards of Bizkaia moved to that town, in order to locate the person carrying out these extractions. Finally, on March 19, the missing person was found residing in Caparroso in perfect health.
The Civil Guard informed the missing person of the information on him and whether he wished to provide his whereabouts or contact information to the family that reported his disappearance. The missing person reported that, although he did not have a telephone, they could contact a cohabitant or, if necessary, go visit him. He clarified that he currently resides with a family of fairgrounds and that since 2007 he has traveled with them from fair to fair in the north of Spain. Finally, on March 20, the Civil Guard notified his sister of his appearance.
The Civil Guard has explained that, as this is a voluntary disappearance of a person of legal age, the investigations are aimed solely at their location. Now, it is the decision of both parties to resume the relationship they lost 21 years ago.
