Overview
- A machine operator discovered the body around 2:00–2:30 a.m. during cardboard sorting at Saica Natur’s Fuente del Jarro facility in Paterna.
- Investigators believe the man, about 50 and living in homelessness, had taken shelter inside a cardboard collection container during cold weather.
- Police traced the container pickup to Valencia or nearby l’Horta, a lead considered key to reconstructing the victim’s final hours.
- Forensic findings report injuries consistent with mechanical compaction but no homicidal lesions, with death attributed to bronchoaspiration.
- Officers identified the victim after checking fingerprints and missing-person reports, as homicide and scientific units finalize the case file.