Investigators are examining the troubling case surrounding the deaths of two sisters, Anastasia and Alexandra. From the outset, authorities rejected third-party involvement and leaned toward the possibility of suicide. Yet they continue to seek deeper understanding of the circumstances that led the 12-year-old girls to leap from a window. Sources connected to the investigation indicate that the autopsy conducted at the Asturias Central University Hospital identified injuries described as autolithic in nature, a term that refers to self-inflicted, non-fatal wounds on the body’s surface.
The findings point to minor to moderate self-inflicted injuries present on only one of the girls and concentrated in a single arm. These injuries were not recent, which supports the prevailing hypothesis that one twin may have been fixated on ending her life and influenced her sister to follow. In the search for context, investigators reviewed the minors’ personal belongings recovered from their home. The notebooks contained multiple references to self-harm, including drawings and notes that were more frequent and largely exclusive to one of the twins rather than both.
While it is not yet clear which sister bore the wounds, all available information suggests the more prolific artist of the pair also produced the majority of the suicide-related notes and imagery. Police have not provided additional data or alternative theories that could explain the origin of these injuries or the deep fixation that could have led one twin to persuade the other to jump. At present, there is no consideration within the investigation of harassment or mistreatment at school or at home as a contributing factor.
The possibility remains that a game or online challenge connected to the case could be involved, though authorities have not confirmed this. What is known is that the examining magistrate had not yet granted police access to the girls’ electronic devices as of the latest proceedings, leaving room for new information that might illuminate the events.
“Children are closer to dangerous borders than we think,” says Orthodox priest Kordochkin
Priest Andrēy Kórdochkin was assigned to Spain two decades ago by the Most Holy Assembly of the Russian Orthodox Church, serving as parish priest at the Church of the Nativity. He is a regular presence at Madrid’s Cathedral of Santa María Magdalena, a church linked to the Moscow Patriarchate that serves Spanish and Portuguese communities. The temple remains one of the few places where people from both nations can pray together in the wake of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Kórdochkin traveled to Oviedo on Sunday to lead the farewell rites for Anastasiia and Alexandra. In a discussion with La Nueva España, the priest acknowledged that he did not know all the details of the tragedy, but offered reflections on adolescent suicide and its broader roots. He emphasized that such cases are not isolated and cautioned that adults may be shaping a world their children feel unable to inhabit. “Our children”, he warned, “are closer to the dangerous frontier than we realize, and we must approach this with care.”