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inspected, where only remains of animal bones were found. Likewise, Nanni indicated the existence of a stream on the land, which will be addressed when the budget is approved by the judiciary. A team of firefighters investigated it and indicated that perforations had been made in it, since the terrain was removed. Rubén's brother, Osvaldo, and
Margarita's mother, Adelia, demanded that the basement of the estancia be investigated, since they alleged that Goette had covered it and built it upstairs.
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Cordobán town of Porteña, a town of 5,000 inhabitants where a community of rural workers from Entre Ríos was formed, but no clues were found. In addition, a drone flew over the area in August 2015, photographing the La
Candelaria estancia and surrounding fields in search of disturbed soil. An attempt was also made to find the aerial photos of the area in 2002, so they could compare them with the ones taken from the drone.
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the family had little contact with other families in the area, Rubén was "a happy, loquacious, sociable man, who never looked sad." However, several witnesses reported that in the days before his disappearance, he had been "silent, thoughtful and very concerned". In
November 2011, a search was performed on a well in the countryside, where the family resided.
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Zappegno disappeared. This hypothesis was neither looked into nor recorded in the case file.
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in order to find traces of disturbed soil, but none were detected. In that same year, a "psychological autopsy" was conducted, through which a forensic psychologist concluded that the Gills had no psychological or religious motives which could lead them to sever ties with loved ones, and that while
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Gallino ordered an investigation. No neighbor or relative was aware of what happened to the Gills, and that they had left on their own was unlikely: they had no vehicle of their own and Margarita, who had another job at the school in town, had not received her latest salary. In
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Federico Uriburu decided to restart the investigation. Uriburu made the following statement: The aim was to give more prominence to the case, as well as to involve police officers to work on it. Investigations were carried out in the
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In addition, the fact that Goette did not notice the Gills' disappearance until three months later and that some acquaintances declared that the relationship between them was not good, suspicions fell on the owner. However, no compromising evidence has been located thus far.
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burned the mattresses because they were stained with blood. She also questioned the landlord's account, which claimed that he had given the Gills a vacation, since he had never given them more than ten to fifteen days before.
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463:"The disappearance of the Gill family, a mystery 16 years later"
298:"12 years after the mysterious disappearance of the Gill family"
321:"March of silence in Nogoyá due to the mysterious of a family"
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237:"The mystery of the family that disappeared 10 years ago"
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599:"In an accident, the landlord of the Gill family died"
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573:"After 12 years: What happened to the Gill family?"
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507:"The Mysterious Disappearance of the Gill Family"
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