Police are investigating the causes surrounding the charred body of a baby found late on Saturday evening inside a vehicle in the town of Betanzos, Coruña, while the father was found with serious burns about a kilometre away.
It is thought that the fire in the car was deliberately started by the father, a theory bolstered by the fact that a camping gaz canister was found in the car and that a short time before the incident, the mother had called the Guardia Civil to report that her husband had told her she would never see her son again alive.
A search for the husband was initiated and the burning car was located in a quiet street in Betanzos. Firefighters smothered the flames and found the completely charred body of the baby on the back seat.
The father, suffering from severe burns, was found about a kilometre from the vehicle. He is now under guard at the University Hospital in Coruña.