Days-old corpse found in Valencia cinema



The body of a woman was found in an emergency exit stairwell in Valencia

An employee at the ABC Park multi-screen cinema complex in Valencia was startled on Tuesday to find the dead body of a woman in one of the emergency exits, having investigated the staircase in which the corpse lay after noticing an unpleasant smell.

The discovery in Calle Lauria was made at approximately 16.00, and it was immediately apparent that the body had been there for various days. At present there is no suspicion of foul play, as the body shows no signs of the woman’s death having been a violent one, although no explanation has yet been offered as to why the woman had strayed into an emergency exist stairwell.

The identity of the deceased has not been confirmed, but she is reported to be aged between 40 and 50, and screenings of films at the complex were cancelled for the rest of Tuesday as soon as the body was found.