Two Brit pensioners found dead at Spanish Costa Blanca home after ‘laying undiscovered for days’ as cops probe deaths
TWO pensioners in their 80s have been found dead at a Costa Blanca home after their bodies reportedly lay undiscovered for days.
Cops are now investigating after the bodies of the man and woman were found Thursday afternoon at 3.30pm at a home near the small town of San Fulgencio - a 45-minute drive south of Alicante.
Police have confirmed the grim discovery and said they are awaiting the results of a post-mortem.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard in Alicante said late last night: “The Civil Guard was informed about 3.30pm through the emergency 112 service about the discovery of the lifeless bodies of two people aged around 80.
“Firefighters were at the scene along with local police from San Fulgencio when we arrived.
“The bodies have been transferred to Alicante’s Institute of Legal Medicine for the corresponding autopsy and full identification of both.”
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It is known the dead pair were not man and wife but police investigators have not yet gone public with the nature of their relationship.
Staff at a local council social services department are understood to have raised the alarm after they failed to answer calls and spotted part of a body lying on the floor inside the property.
The bodies are believed to have laid undiscovered for several days.
Although the Civil Guard has not confirmed their nationalities, other sources confirmed local reports pointing to them being British.
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No obvious signs a crime had taken place were found at the scene, although the autopsy results will now determine how the investigation progresses.
It is understood both the man and woman suffered chronic illnesses and had been categorised by social services as “vulnerable.”
The area where they were living is on a residential estate popular with foreign pensioners.
The nearest urban area of San Fulgencio is around six miles inland from the Costa Blanca seaside town of Guardamar a short drive from Torrevieja.
A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting the family of a British woman who died in Spain and are in touch with the local authorities.”
