We are closing the show for now until there is more news in the search for the body of Anna and Tomás Gimeno. Thank you for joining us in these days of uncertainty and we hope that the discovery by Ángeles Alvariño of the two oxygen cylinders owned by the alleged murderer will be the turning point for the resolution of the case. Good Morning.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | The judicial report considers that all this happened around 10:30 p.m. Later,
Thomas Gimeno came back, spoke again with
Beatriz and insisted that he would go away. The girls’ father had no further contact after 02:11.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | After boarding,
Gimeno communicated to
Beatriz by phone that he was already off the island with his daughters. Then, the alleged murderer moved away from the coast and threw the sports bags that, allegedly, were the bodies of his daughters inside, into the sea.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | They state that
Thomas Gimeno arrived at its destination at 21:27. The guard opened the door for him and entered the fenced-in area of the marina. When he entered, the girls’ father carried several objects, according to the judge in the case. Among those objects were the sports bags that, presumably, were the bodies of
Anna and
Olivia.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | The father stopped for a moment at his parents’ house before reaching his destination, the
Marina of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | The father of
Anna and
Olivia later moved to
Santa Cruz without actually seeing the mother, according to the court report.
Thomas GimenoPresumably, he had already ended the lives of the little girls.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | After,
Thomas Gimeno He arrived at his home in Igueste de Candelaria with his daughters. That was around 7:47 p.m. and, three minutes later, the father of the little girls sent an audio to
Beatriz Zimmermann with the voice of
Olivia. This message quoted the mother at
Gimeno at 9:00 p.m. The reason or the objective of the message is not yet known.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | Later,
Gimeno He went with the two little girls to his parents’ home in Santa Cruz. The father left there
Anna and led to
Olivia to tennis classes. At 6:30 p.m., when the eldest daughter finished training, her father picked her up.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | Despite that, they state that the note did not warn that the father would run away with the girls. Therefore, the director of the educational center would not know what would happen hours later.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | The car also explains that the director of the center where he studied
Olivia It was the current couple of
Thomas Gimeno. When he went to pick up his daughter, the father of the girls gave the director a pencil case. When he opened the object, the woman found 6,200 euros and a letter saying goodbye to her.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | The brief considers that
Gimeno He had already disposed of the girls’ bodies when that connection was lost. In addition, the report states that on the day of the disappearance, the father had to pick up the girls around 5:00 p.m. and return them at 9:00 p.m.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEQUENCE OF FACTS | The judicial order signed by the magistrate narrates the sequence since
Thomas Gimeno, the father of
Anna and
Olivia, picked up the girls until their mobile phone connection was lost (early morning of April 27-28).
GIRLS TENERIFE | We remember that Ángeles Alvariño has found today
two oxygen cylinders owned by Tomás Gimeno.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEARCH | The labors of
search they are being complex. The
Civil Guard has highlighted the difficulties of the work carried out by the ship
Angeles Alvariño due to the difficult orography of the Canarian seabed. The scans are reaching up to 2,000 meters deep and have many slopes due to the volcanic origin of the
Canary Islands.
GIRLS TENERIFE | JUDICIAL AUTO | The order issued by the judge reveals that the girls died, presumably, murdered by
Thomas Gimeno last April 28. The first hypothesis is that the girls’ father put them to sleep, wrapped them in towels, put them in garbage bags that he put in sports bags and, finally, threw them into the sea attached to a chain, a rope and an anchor.
GIRLS TENERIFE | RESEARCH | The judge still does not rule out that
Thomas Gimeno escaped alive after committing the crime. Although everything seems to indicate that the father of the girls committed suicide, the judge continues to analyze whether he fled alive.
GIRLS TENERIFE | ANGELES ALVARIÑO | The unmanned underwater robot working on this research, the
Liropus 2000It is the only one in Spain and there are only 22 in all of Europe. He continues to deal with the search for
Anna and of
Thomas Gimeno.
GIRLS TENERIFE | 20 YEARS | If the body of
Thomas Gimeno or it is not known if he is alive, the case of the missing girls of
Tenerife it could last 20 years. The reason is because the statute of limitations for a crime of murder such as that of
Anna and
Olivia is 20 years old.
GIRLS TENERIFE | RESEARCH | Investigators believe the alleged killer threw the girls over a ship graveyard so they wouldn’t be found.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEARCH | During the last days, the oceanographic vessel has focused its search efforts on the area of
Las Caletillas and
Barranco Hondo. The
Angeles Alvariño follow the trail left by the father’s cell phone until he permanently lost the connection.
GIRLS TENERIFE | RESEARCH | The autopsy of the body of
Olivia He could not determine if she was sedated before dying, but he did determine the cause of death: acute pulmonary edema. It will be necessary to wait for the definitive results.
GIRLS TENERIFE | RESEARCH | The agents of the
Civil Guard made a sixth search last week at the home of
Thomas Gimeno (Igueste de Candelaria). The officers were looking for painkillers or sedatives that he may have given to his daughters.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEARCH | Today, Friday June 25, they are still missing
Anna and
Thomas Gimeno. At the moment, the investigation team has not reported any news in the tracking of the bodies during this day.
GIRLS TENERIFE | SEARCH | The will to find
Anna and
Thomas Gimeno is firm.
Maria Gamez, the director of the
Civil Guard, affirmed that “we do not finish or close any case until we have all the conclusive evidence.
GIRLS TENERIFE | ANGELES ALVARIÑO | The unmanned robot used by the oceanographic vessel (Liropus 2000) has to go through maintenance. Normally, they take it apart and clean it every 100 working hours. Despite this, it has not yet undergone this process since it arrived in Tenerife 25 days ago and it is causing some failures in its operation.
GIRLS TENERIFE | ANGELES ALVARIÑO | The oceanographic vessel began to search for the girls on May 30. The
Angeles Alvariño is completing its 27th day today. We remember that the ship is working against the clock. You will need to return to the port for maintenance.
REACTIONS |
Pedro Sanchez transfer to
Beatriz Zimmermann all their solidarity and the support of the Administration in this painful situation, as revealed by the spokesman for the family of
Anna and Olivia and they have explained to Efe from the Government.
GIRLS TENERIFE | REACTIONS | In addition, the President of the Government,
Pedro Sanchez, guaranteed
to Beatriz Zimmermann that the search for Anna and the alleged murderer will not stop until they are found. This conversation between the two took place by phone last Thursday. In addition, the leader of the Executive assured that all the necessary means will be put in place to find the two bodies.
The tireless work of the crew of the
Angeles Alvariño It has not gone unnoticed by Anna and Olivia’s mother.
Beatriz Zimmermann announced through his spokesperson, Joaquín Amills, that
will go personally to the tracking vessel to thank all the crew members for their work.
GIRLS TENERIFE | REACTIONS | For their part, the crew members of the
Angeles Alvariño they asked not to be relieved
until they found the bodies of
Anna and
Thomas Gimeno.
GIRLS TENERIFE | RESEARCH | The will to find
Tomás and Anna Gimeno it is firm on the part of all those involved. The director of the Civil Guard, María Gámez, affirmed that the search will not cease until new evidence related to both disappeared is found:
“The Civil Guard does not end or consider any case closed until we have all the conclusive evidence,” he said.
Another interesting fact that the journalist reveals is that “the
last message Tomás sends it at almost two thirty in the morning and then there is evidence that he was sailing an hour later ”.
GIRLS TENERIFE | The Canarian journalist Alberto Herreros …