The public prosecutor’s office has detained Joel Vale as the prime suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Flor Garcia. The young mother went missing on March 6, and her family is urging authorities to expedite the investigation to find her whereabouts. These are 10 important dates from the day he was reported missing.
More than 100 days after Flor Garcia went missing, the National Civil Police and the Attorney General’s Office arrested Joel Valle and his cousin Francisco Valle as key suspects in the planned disappearance of a young mother of two. Since March 16, when Florin was reported missing, her family has been promoting a campaign demanding that authorities find her whereabouts.
These are the most important dates in this case, as yet:
March 16
Joel Valle reported that his wife, Flor Garcia, was missing. According to Valey’s version, they both moved out of the house with their two children to the city of Czanne, San Salvador, where he works as a dentist and floor assistant at a dental clinic owned by Joel.
See: Relatives ask that investigations continue until Flor is found
March 17
The family of Flor Garcia, who lives in Sunsonet, decided to launch a search campaign. They went to Kozhikode and created a page on social media called Dodos Somos Floor, with the aim of getting more people to join the cause.
March, 19
Florin’s family gathered in front of Kozudebek’s central park to protest, prompting pressure to speed up investigations into her disappearance.
March 20
Florin’s family reports that they suspect the young woman’s husband, Joel Vale’s version, of whether he actually went to San Salvador on the day of the disappearance because he did not warn anyone else about the trip.
March 25
Florin’s relatives, including her father, Jorge Alberto Garcia, decided to emigrate from the United States to support her search.
March 26
Friends and relatives organized a second operation in Kozudepku’s central park to press for an investigation into his disappearance, which showed no progress until the day. That day, as part of a police and prosecutor’s office operation, the young woman’s father underwent DNA testing.
April 19
Florin’s sister, Isabel Garcia, appeared for information in the office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Kozudebek; However, the only answer he got was that the case is still ongoing.
June 24
100 days have passed since Flor Garcia went missing without any response or progress in the investigation from the authorities.
June 25
The National Civil Police and the Attorney General’s Office carried out an operation and searched the home where Flor Garcia and her husband, Joel Walle, lived with the couple’s two children. They catch Florin’s husband’s cousin Joel and Francisco Vale.
June 26
Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado, appointed by the ruling party, told a news conference that he did not know Florin’s location, but that there was enough evidence to determine that the young woman’s husband, Joel Valle, was the one who planned the disappearance. Joel and his cousin Francisco Vale were arrested and charged within 72 hours of missing their 33-year-old mother.
Floor lived with her husband and two children on the street from Kozutepic to San Raman, an vacant lot next to the family home. Photo by EDH / Jonatan Funes
