Prisoner wakes up in mortuary in Asturias Spain

Prisoner wakes up in mortuary in Asturias Spain

By Maravi Post

ASTURIAS-(MaraviPost)-A prisoner in northern Spain woke up in a hospital mortuary after being certified dead by three doctors, Spanish media report.

Gonzalo Montoya Jiménez , an inmate at a jail in the Asturias region, regained consciousness just hours before an autopsy was due to be performed.

His body is said by his family to have been marked in preparation for the post-mortem examination.
He is now under observation in intensive care at an Oviedo hospital.

Family members told local newspaper La Voz de Asturias that Montoya “had autopsy markings on him, ready to be opened up”.

It is suspected to be a case of catalepsy, hospital sources told Spanish news channel Telecinco. Catalepsy is a condition where a person’s vital signs slow down to the point of being almost imperceptible
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However this has yet to be confirmed.

His “death” had been certified by three experienced doctors at the prison, who ordered his body to be sent to the mortuary for further examination.

The body was taken to the Institute of Legal Medicine in Oviedo, the regional capital.

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.