Spanish police discover bodies of missing Dutch volleyball star and her boyfriend in shallow grave

Spanish police found two bodies which are believed to be missing former Dutch international volleyball player Ingrid Visser and her partner.
Visser, 35, and her partner Lodewijk Severein, 57, disappeared on May 13 shortly after checking into a hotel in Murcia.
Their rental car was found nine days later on a street in the southeastern Spanish city.

Appeal: Visser (left) and her partner Lodewijk Severein, 57, disappeared on May 13 shortly after checking into a Spanish hotel

Their disappearance sparked intense media interest in the Netherlands and volunteers plastered the streets of Murcia with posters with pictures of Visser and her partner asking for information about their whereabouts.
'Two bodies have been found and we are trying to identify them,' a police spokesman said.

'We can't confirm that they are the missing Dutch couple,' he added.
Spanish media, citing sources close to the investigation, reported that the bodies were of Visser and her partner.

Police searching the property where the bodies of Visser, 36, and her partner Severein, 57

Officers found the half buried bodies in a vegetable garden after a week searching for the couple

The property where the police found the bodies of Dutch volleyball national team player Ingrid Visser, 36, and her partner Lodewijk Severein, 57, in Alquerias, Murcia, south-eastern Spain

Police found the half-buried bodies after a week searching for the couple

Ingrid and her partner were visiting Spain to attend a consult at a fertility centre where they never showed up

The bodies were found in a shallow grave near Murcia and two people have been arrested in the nearby region of Valencia, the reports added.
'They have only told us that two bodies have been found.
'They are identifying the bodies, to carry out tests, and will make an official announcement later on,' said a lawyer and spokeswoman for Visser's family, Miriam van de Velde.
Visser was part of the Netherlands's gold medal-winning team at the European Championship in 1995 and played for a volleyball team in Murcia between 2009 and 2011.

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