page_title: Murder of Eva Blanco
section_title: Facial composite
hierarchical_section_title: Murder of Eva Blanco / New evidence and renewed media interest / Facial composite
caption_attribution_description: Renault 18 from Madrid in Spain. This one probably was built in Spain
context_page_description: Eva Blanco Puig was a Spanish high school student who was murdered in Algete, Community of Madrid. The case remained unsolved until 2014, when new advancements in genealogical DNA research led to the arrest of Ahmed Chelh Gerj, a Moroccan-Spanish citizen who moved to France in 1999. While it was unsolved, the case was popularly known in Spain as the Eva Blanco Case, the Crime of Algete and Operation Gang, the code name given to the investigation by the Spanish Civil Guard.
context_section_description: After watching the program, a woman reported to authorities that she had seen a suspicious man in the road construction site around 8:00 AM. He was walking in the rain with no umbrella, looked like he had not slept during the night, and appeared to be looking for something before he got in a white Renault 18. The Civil Guard deemed the testimony reliable, in part because a Renault 18 had been reported by other witnesses over the years and the model was compatible with the fiber retrieved from Blanco's body. On October 28, 2013 the Civil Guard released a facial composite made in collaboration with the new witness. The suspect was a man who was between 35 and 40 years old in 1997; 1'70 to 1'80 meters tall; corpulent, between 75 and 80 kg; with short, spiky, brown hair; square and hardened face; dark, sunken eyes; wore a white shirt and a V-neck sweater; and drove a white Renault 18 with red upholstery. A confidential phone number and e-mail address were created for possible tips. By January 1, 2014, 100 e-mails had been received.
caption: A Spanish Renault 18.
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