The man, aged in his 60s, had been due to check out of the room at the unnamed hotel yesterday – officers are now investigating the circumstances behind his death
A British holidaymaker has been found dead at his hotel in Costa del Sol, Spain, after staff noticed he had failed to check out of his room.
Police arrived on scene shortly after the alarm was raised at around 9.30am this morning, where the Brit was sadly pronounced dead. The man, aged in his 60s, had been due to check out of the room at the unnamed hotel yesterday. Officers are now investigating the circumstances surrounding his death after being alerted to the discovery by staff at the hotel in the popular resort of Fuengirola.
Emergency responders including medical staff were sent to the scene but all they could do was confirm his death. A post-mortem is due to take place in the coming hours and will determine how the police investigation proceeds. The results of the autopsy will be sent to a judge placed in charge of the probe.
Well-placed sources said no signs of violence were found in the room or on the dead man’s body signalling a crime had taken place, and the tourist is thought to have been staying in the room alone.
It comes after a British woman and her son were found dead at their home in Alhaurin el Grande – a half-hour drive inland from Fuengirola – last week. Police believe the 90-year-old starved to death after her 63-year-old son died of natural causes.
Their bodies were discovered after local social services raised the alarm days after an ambulance was called to their home to assist the unnamed woman. Her son is understood to have been her registered carer.
Last Thursday, two British pensioners were found dead at their Costa Blanca home. Firefighters discovered the bodies of the man and woman, who police sources described as friends that lived together, at the residential property near the small town of San Fulgencio a 45-minute drive south of Alicante.
Staff at a local council social services department had raised the alarm. There were no signs of violence at the scene and a subsequent post-mortem reinforced indicators the pair died of natural causes. The man was 82 and the woman 74. Both are believed to have suffered chronic illnesses and had been categorised by social services as “vulnerable.”
The area where they were living is on a residential estate which is extremely popular with foreign pensioners.
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