The lifeless body located on the morning of this Tuesday in the municipality of Ordes (A Coruña) belongs to Santiago Manteiga López, the young man who was wanted since last Sunday, the mayor of the municipality has informed Efe, José Luis Martínez Sanjurjo.
According to the municipal councilor, the first hypothesis of the cause of death points to a hanging.
The Civil Guard, in charge of the investigation of this case, reported that the body was found around 9:45 a.m. by a group of volunteers on Mount Ardemil, a few meters from the place where he lost the track.
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The young man, 19 years old and from Xanceda, in the municipality of Mesía (A Coruña), he worked in a cattle farm in the area.
Santiago Manteiga He had participated on Saturday in the Christmas dinner of the company where he worked and according to some neighbors he was last seen at noon on Sunday in the parish of Leira.
According to the relatives, he was scheduled to be picked up by his sister in a bar on the N-550 road that connects Santiago de Compostela with A Coruña, but the young man never appeared at the meeting place.
In your search A broad operation, made up of the Civil Guard, Civil Protection, Local Police, Firefighters participated, more than 200 volunteers and the drone team of the Galician Emergency Agency (Axega).