Enigma of dismembered corpse found in waste treatment plant in Valencia, Spain

WORKERS at a Valencia waste treatment plant were shocked to discover a dismembered body in the rubbish during their shift on Tuesday.

The horrifying discovery caused the suspension of works at the Algimia d’Alfara plant while the Civil Guard began investigations to identify the body and its origin.

The corpse was in such a mutilated state that it was impossible to determine whether it was a man or a woman.

A judge and coroner on duty supervised the removal of the remains, which were transferred to the Institute of Legal Medicine of Valencia.

An autopsy is underway to determine the cause of death and provide important leads to Guardia investigators.

The Algimia plant receives garbage from more than a hundred municipalities in the provinces of Castellón and Valencia.

It has an automated system for extracting bulky items to classify, recycle and recover them, at which point the workers located the corpse.

The large amount of garbage that is recycled at the plant makes it difficult to track the origin of the waste, which makes life difficult for the Civil Guard in the event that the corpse cannot be identified.

Pictures of some debris were taken next to the body to possibly locate where the trash was originally collected.

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