Harrowing images show where body in hunt for dad in Benidorm found with 'blood on road'
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This is the spot where the remains of holidaymaker John George was murdered in Spain were discovered after he was dumped on a rural roadside. Police in Costa Blanca are investigating after dad-of-two John was murdered and his body abandoned in the remote spot. Harrowing pictures have now emerged showing the scene as detectives bring in metal detectors - while John's family pleads for answers John, from Belfast, was reported missing last month, four days after his last known contact with them on December 14. The dad had been in the Alicante area, and Civil Guard officers carried out weeks of searching.
Tragically, the search ended in the discovery of a body on a road outside Rojales near Torrevieja - around a 45 minute drive south from Alicante - on Tuesday, which has since been identified as John. Images from the scene show a trail of dried blood still visible on the tarmac, with his body understood to have been discarded beneath a patch of overgrown lemon trees.
The obscured spot at the edge of an orchard may be why he was not found until weeks later. Police have also marked arrows on the ground by the bloodstains. Officers were seen back at the scene on Thursday using a metal detector over nearby ground. It comes as colleagues continued to question a 32-year-old man, a Czech national, on suspicion of homicide.
The suspect's name has not been publicly released. Laws in Spain allow the Civil Guard up to 72 hours to keep suspects in custody for questioning. The deadline is due to expire on Friday afternoon, after which they must seek an extension from a judge.
