Motiveless Crime? The Tragic Case Of Spain's Asunta, Whose Adoptive Parents Were Convicted Of Killing Her

Asunta Fong Yang Basterra Porto, born in China, was adopted by Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra in 2001. In 2013, she was found dead 4 km away from their country home.

In the early hours of September 22, 2013, after having a few drinks, Alfredo Balsa was driving his car down a dirt road back home in Teo, Spain, with his friend when he spotted what he thought was a scarecrow. When they went back to check, it turned out to be the lifeless body of a 12-year-old girl. She was wearing mud-stained grey sweatpants, with one arm half-inside a matching top and a white T-shirt pulled above her stomach. She was barefoot. The girl’s left arm was curled up to her

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