The autopsy performed on the body of Álvaro Prieto, found this Monday between two cars of a train at the Santa Justa station in Seville, has confirmed that the young man from Córdoba who had been missing since last Thursday died of electrocution, according to sources from the investigation that have informed EFE. .
The autopsy, carried out at the Institute of Legal Medicine (IML) of Seville, has ruled out that the death of the young man, that same Thursday, could have occurred by some other mechanism, which confirms the first indications seen after the discovery of the body that They pointed to his death by electrocution.
The cameras at a gas station near the railway station captured Álvaro Prieto climbing onto the roof of a train, where he was electrocuted by contact with the catenary, as sources from the Government Delegation in Andalusia confirmed to EFE.
These sources have added that it can be concluded that there was no intervention by third parties.
The Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA) has reported that the Investigative Court number 11 of Seville, which is handling the case for the death of Álvaro Prieto, has received this Tuesday the advance of the autopsy performed on the body at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, which indicates that the young man died from electrocution.
The body was located between two cars of a train that had been stopped in the maintenance area of ??the Santa Justa station since August 24 and which moved this Monday to facilitate the entry of another convoy.
The discovery occurred in an area that had already been searched by the security forces who were looking for the young man and that was going to be searched again this Monday.
Álvaro Prieto, Córdoba CF youth footballer, disappeared on the morning of Thursday the 12th when he was trying to take a train to return to Córdoba after spending a night out with some friends in Seville, a train that he could not take because his cell phone was unlocked. battery and didn’t have cash to buy another ticket.
Regarding the investigation of what happened in Santa Justa, where the young man tried to get on another train that stopped in Córdoba, although he was intercepted by station personnel, who prevented him from doing so, the Government delegate in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, has pointed out this Tuesday that “he was offered help,” which is given to a person who does not have the ticket, and “he was given the opportunity to charge his cell phone,” although the young man did not accept it.
Regarding the delay in finding the body, the delegate explained that the area in which the body was found had already been searched by the security forces, although it was yesterday when the train moved that it was possible. see the body
