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Family of Urbex Photographer Electrocuted in Turbine Defends Friends After Brief Detention

The judicial investigation continues in Burgos.

Overview

  • Eight months after the June 2025 death, the Guardia Civil detained the two companions on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter and damages, then released them after statements.
  • Investigators are assessing contradictions in the friends’ testimony, the ventilation grille later found closed from outside, and digital material recovered from the victim’s devices.
  • The mother and sister publicly exculpate the pair, calling the detention unnecessary and emphasizing the outing was urban exploration rather than a viral challenge.
  • According to the family, Rodríguez entered through a high ventilation opening that the friends reclosed to avoid damage, and this turbine’s generator was located at the base.
  • The case remains under the Burgos courts following the electrocution inside a wind turbine at Quintanilla Sobresierra.