Overview
- Jesús Tavira, a 63‑year‑old businessman tied to the 2016 case, went missing on Wednesday, March 18.
- Officers later found his Audi Q5 burned in Alicante’s Mil Viviendas area with his two mobile phones inside.
- National Police homicide investigators have taken the case, and officials have not drawn a link to the 2016 murder.
- Pilar Bernabé, the government’s delegate in Valencia, said every investigative path remains open.
- Tavira figured in the 2019 jury trial through 232 calls with the acquitted son‑in‑law, Miguel López, and by saying he saw two suspicious men at the dealership on the day of the killing.