6-Year-Old Girl's Body Found In Bag 3,000 Ft. Beneath Atlantic Ocean After Dad Kidnaps Her And Sister

Officials alleged that the body of a dead child discovered underwater inside a sports bag is certainly one of the girls who were abducted by their father, Tomas, on April 27. Investigators in Spain have verified that the corpse discovered in the sea off the coast of Tenerife on Thursday is likely that of Olivia Gimeno.

The body of the abducted six-year-old girl was discovered in a sports bag weighted down by an anchor more than 3,000 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean, close to another empty sports bag.

Olivia's sister Anna who was also kidnapped and allegedly murdered has yet to be found. On Friday, Spanish rescuers searched the seas off the coast of Tenerife for a one-year-old child.

Olivia and Anna's divorced mother claimed their father, Tomas, threatened her she would never see them again. Following the disappearance of Tomas Gimeno and his two daughters, an inquiry was begun.

On Thursday, a representative for the investigating magistrate said, "Pending more conclusive forensic tests, the body could almost certainly correspond to that of Olivia G, the youngster who vanished on April 27 with her one-year-old sister and their father."

In addition, the spokesman said that a robot from the rescue boat Angeles Alvarino discovered the corpse around lunchtime, 1,000 meters below the surface, three miles off the coast of Tenerife.

“It was in a sports bag attached to an anchor,” he said. Another empty sports bag stood next to it. An autopsy was performed on the body once it was transported to dry land.

The devastating news comes only hours after a crew discovered an oxygen cylinder and a bed sheet drifting in the water as well as a child safety carrier belonging to Anna.

According to local sources, police are looking into the possibility that Gimeno was assisted in conducting out the planned kidnapping by another culprit.

In a tweet, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed his tribute saying, “I cannot begin to imagine the pain of the mother of little Anna and Olivia, who disappeared in Tenerife, following the terrible news we have just heard.”

Jose Manuel Bermudez, the mayor of Tenerife's capital, Santa Cruz, also paid a tribute by observing a minute of silence in honor of Anna and Olivia. “There are no words to express the terrible desolation I feel,” he said.

“From respect at the mother’s pain and with all the caution the terrible news that is reaching us deserves, I want to express to the family all the solidarity of the citizens of Santa Cruz.”