Overview
- Neighbors traced a strong stench to a third-floor flat in Valladolid, where police entered and found an 87-year-old mother and her 63-year-old daughter dead after weeks without contact.
- Officers reported no visible signs of violence on either body and sealed the apartment door as the investigation began.
- Authorities said autopsy results are pending to clarify the causes of death and to establish how long each woman had been deceased.
- Early indications from investigators suggest the daughter may have lived for months with her mother's body before her own death, though that timeline remains unconfirmed.
- The mailbox listed the mother as Milagros Ortega Garrido and noted she had three daughters, while neighbors described the pair as very private and protective, a level of isolation that may have delayed discovery.