And the next morning, descending deeper into the crevice, the team found something that rewrote the case entirely.
At dawn, rescuers began their descent. The crevice swallowed their ropes and light. Eight meters down, they discovered a shred of red fabric – part of Julián’s jacket but it wasn’t torn from a fall. It had been ripped, as if left intentionally.
“He was marking his path,” Morel said. “He was trying to be found.”
Three meters lower lay the second anomaly: a metallic food wrapper with an expiration date two years after the disappearance.
“Could someone have stayed down here?” one technician murmured.
“Or someone found Julián and Clara,” Morel replied. “And said nothing.”