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Netflix will release a new true crime documentary series about the Alcásser murders on June 14, in what's sure to be its latest, successful true crime retelling. The documentary series will take viewers deep into the devastating kidnapping, rape and murder of three teenage girls.
The online streaming service has been releasing captivating true crime accounts, from Making A Murderer to The Confession Tapes, which have started international conversations on crime, justice and societal fascination with both. The Alcásser Murders will be the latest international account to premiere to an American audience. Its focus will be on the small, Spanish town of Alcásser and the three girls whose lives ended there. The series comes just months after Netflix released a similar account on the kidnapping of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Algarve, Portugal.
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Netflix's version of the Alcásser girls will make the case current, and shed light on recent interviews and evidence in the ongoing cases. It will also show how a series of events as such can make a giant impact on not only small communities, but on an entire nation.
The series will be available to stream on Friday, June 14.
The Alcásser Murders True Story: The Girls
So who were the young women who lost their lives in Alcásser? In November 1992, Antonia Gomez Rodriguez, María Deseada Hernández Folch and Miriam Garcia Iborra were supposed to attend a nightclub called Cooler, which was the destination of a classmate-thrown party in a town called Picassent. The three friends never showed up. If they had ever planned on really attending the nightclub is still a question many have, according to unresolved.me.
To get to the nightclub, the three girls hitchhiked and an old couple dropped them off at a gas station near the club. The girls then got in another car, the couple later shared, though they had no details about the driver.
From there, the details are scarce. The bodies of all three young women were found in "La Romana," an area that was deserted and undeveloped. They had been beaten, raped and tortured, it appeared from the condition of their bodies, according to Sword and Scale.
No killer has ever been caught in the case, though one man, who has evaded police since the murders, is a suspect. A piece of paper with his brother's name found near the bodies led cops to Antonio Angles Martins, who jumped out of a fourth floor window and ran when police visited his home. He's been spotted in various parts of Spain since, but has never been questioned or caught, as he's escaped police more than once.
Some, however, don't expect Martins resides in Spain anymore, as theories explain he left for Brazil and never returned. One said accomplice, Miguel Ricart, told police the girls had been kidnapped by himself, Martina and another man, and raped in a home near La Romana. He explained the rapes and tortures of all three girls extended over a time period of two days.
The Alcásser Murders True Story: The Global Impact
The Alcásser murders became global news for a variety of reasons. One, natural reason was the lack of concrete evidence in the case. The slip of paper was one of the only links to Martins, and some said his accomplices' testimony doesn't hold much weight.
All three women had their pubic hair tested for DNA, and some DNA evidence showed another party, who was not any of the women or men said to be involved. It was Fernando Garciam, one of the girls' fathers, who led the charge for a larger investigation after seeing a lack of connection in the evidence. This conversation Garciam started brought national attention to the case, and its since become a globally-known set of murderers.
Another large talking point surrounding the case is the amount of wild, eerie theories that have developed. Along with armchair investigators theories have come a varied list of possibilities. Some theories reach from satanic involvement to the girls being kidnapped to film pornography.
Other conversations tackle the widely-believed idea that police investigating the murders hastily pushed their research aside in order to help Spain forget the cruel and unusual murders. Questions circle of if the right decisions were made to bring real justice to the three women.
The case has also received global backlash for the crime scene photos, which are majorly gruesome. The photos were shown during the trial of Ricart, and have been public since. A quick google search will show the women's terrible aftermath, which many have expressed is cruel and disrespectful.
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