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Alcàsser Alcácer | |
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  Alcàsser Location in Spain Show map of Province of Valencia Alcàsser Alcàsser (Valencian Community) Show map of Valencian Community Alcàsser Alcàsser (Spain) Show map of Spain | |
| Coordinates:39°22′10″N0°26′41″W / 39.36944°N 0.44472°W /39.36944; -0.44472 | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Valencian Community |
| Province | València / Valencia |
| Comarca | Horta Sud |
| Judicial district | Picassent |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.01 km2 (3.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 10,676 |
| • Density | 1,180/km2 (3,070/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | •alcasser,-a (Val.) •alcacero,-ra (Sp.) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 46290 |
| Official language(s) | Valencian andSpanish |
| Website | Official website |
Alcàsser (Valencian:[alˈkaseɾ];Spanish:Alcácer[alˈkaθeɾ]) is amunicipality in thecomarca ofHorta Sud in theValencian Community, Spain.
Between 1992 and 1993, Alcàsser attracted national attention due to the disappearance and murder of three schoolgirls Desirée Hernández, Miriam García, and Antonia Gómez. On 13 November 1992, they went missing whilehitchhiking to a nightclub in the nearby town ofPicassent. In January 1993, 75 days after their disappearance, their bodies were found in aditch located near La Romana ravine.[2]
Their alleged murderers wereAntonio Anglés and Miguel Ricart. Of the two, Ricart was the only one jailed; the whereabouts of Anglés, still amongInterpol's most wanted criminals, remains unknown.
A sculpture was made in memory of the girls.[3]
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