12 Mar, 2018 @ 15:21
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WATCH: Prime suspect in Gabriel Ruiz case talked to news reporter during 700-strong search before his body was found in her car

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THIS is the moment Ana Julia Quezada spoke to a news reporter while some 700 volunteers searched for her missing stepson. 

The clip shows the now main suspect interrupt the father of Gabriel during a live TV interview.

She tells a strange story about how her and the boy’s grandmother had recently told him to run if a stranger approaches him.

On March 1 she explained to a reporter from TVE’s La Mañana that they had taught the boy to shout if a stranger approached him.

“That morning we were having breakfast and the conversation came about, we said, ‘If you see a stranger run, do not stop.’ And look, the child disappeared that same day,” she assured the television programme.

Quezada gave details about the minor’s personality, denying the possibility that he had left home on his own willingly.

“Gabriel would not just leave, he would not leave, he would leave home for half an hour and come back, tell him one hour and come back,” said the now-detained woman.

The investigation continues.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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