Woman reported missing from Valencia in 2024 has been found in Paris

A woman who was reported missing in April 2024 has been found by National Police officers in Paris. The mother of the young woman, who required treatment for a mental illness, had reported her missing in April 2024. A year later, the mother of the missing woman received a phone call from an alleged abductor who demanded ransom money in exchange for her daughter. Officers were able to locate her in a Paris hospital after negotiating with France and the Netherlands in collaboration with SIRENE.

A mother reported her daughter’s disappearance to the police in April 2024. She required treatment due to her mental illness. At the same time, she informed officers that she had not been having a pleasant time recently and, concurrently, informed numerous national media entities about the incident. A year later, the mother received a call from an unknown number from alleged kidnappers who professed to have held her daughter captive for seven months and threatened to demand a ransom.

A fabricated abduction

This final point prompted the investigation to consider the possibility of an abduction. Subsequently, the user of the phone number from which the mother of the missing woman was being extorted was identified after numerous attempts.

They apprehended a woman in Madrid who claimed that she had acquired the SIM card at the behest of her sister, who resides in Colombia, and was utilising the instant messaging application from which the extortion calls were being made.

The officers were informed by the detainee that her sister and brother-in-law, who reside in Colombia, were engaged in the telephone witchcraft business. Additionally, the detainee stated that her sister contacted individuals whose relatives had disappeared. She surmised that her sister and the mother of the missing woman may have been in communication via telephone.

Situated in a Parisian hospital

The missing woman was located in a psychiatric institution in Paris, where she had been admitted since May due to a severe crisis of her illness, following numerous investigations and negotiations with France and the Netherlands in collaboration with the SIRENE Office. The mother was subsequently apprised of all the pertinent information regarding her daughter’s location and condition by the investigators. Subsequently, she travelled to France to provide care for the young woman.