Woman sentenced in Spain for killing 8-year-old boy

MADRID: A Dominican woman was sentenced on Monday to life in prison in Spain for murdering the eight-year-old son of her Spanish partner in a case that shocked the country.A jury in Almeria in southern Spain last month found Ana Julia Quezada guilty of killing the boy, who was the son of her then partner Angel Cruz. A court on Monday handed down a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years, the stiffest possible jail term under Spanish law.Gabriel Cruz disappeared on February 27, 2018, after visiting his grandmother in Las Hortichuelas, a village near the coast 50-km east of Almeria. His disappearance triggered a massive search involving hundreds of volunteers which lasted nearly two weeks.But on March 11, the police discovered the boy’s body in the boot of a car belonging to Quezada, who had been seen taking part in the search, wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with his face and speaking to reporters in tears.He had been asphyxiated, according to the court. Investigators began to suspect Quezada after she found a shirt belonging to the boy near the village in an area which police had searched twice.The case received nationwide attention after a missing person’s alert went viral. An image of a blue fish -- inspired by Gabriel’s love of the sea -- was shared on social media with the hashtag #TodosSomosGabriel, meaning "we are all Gabriel".

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