On January 11th, 2003, Maria Angels Ribot leaves work at the usual time. She parks her car in her usual parking space: number 15, on the fourth floor of Calle Beltran in the posh Putxet district of Barcelona. She walks to the elevator as usual.
But then something unusual happens: she suddenly sees a stranger step out of the shadows. That's strange, because to get into the parking garage you need a special key. How did this guy get in here? More importantly: why is he walking towards her?
She hugs her bag a little tighter to her body and starts pressing the elevator button, hoping it will come soon. But then she sees the knife…

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On January 11th, 2003, Maria Angels Ribot leaves work at the usual time. She parks her car in her usual parking space: number 15, on the fourth floor of Calle Beltran in the posh Putxet district of Barcelona. She walks to the elevator as usual.
But then she sees a stranger step out of the shadows. That's strange, because to get into the parking garage you need a special key. How did this guy get in here? More importantly: why is he walking towards her?
She hugs her bag a little tighter to her body and starts pressing the elevator button, hoping it will come soon, but then she sees the knife…

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More In search of Lost Crime? Follow me on Instagram: @insearchoflostcrime

Or buy my new book: Wicked Walks though Spain: Hiking along Spanish historical crime scenes send me a message on Liz@Doffeltje.nl

On April 22nd, 1984, a man in his forties drives a white Mercedes to Estación de Francia, a busy railway station in Barcelona. He has three children in the car with him: five-year-old Ramón, four-year-old Ricard, and two-year-old Elvira.

'Sit here for a moment,' the man tells the three. 'I'm just gonna go and get us some candy.'

Time ticks by, but the man never returns. No candy either. The three abandoned kids are taken in by the police. When the police ask for the names of their parents, they say they don't know. Just Papa and Mama. The oldest brother, Ramón, remembers some fragments of their previous lives. There was a green Jaguar, a fountain in Paris and oh yes, a gun.

It will take almost forty years before the mystery of these three abandoned children is solved. And even then, they are left with a lot of unanswered questions.

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