Spanish police have arrested Rosario Porto Ortego on suspicion of murdering her adopted daughter, according to a report by El Pais.<br /><br />The 12-year-old Chinese born girl, Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto, was found dead by a young couple at 1:30 am Sunday in woodlands on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, five kilometers away from Porto's country house.<br /><br />The divorced parents reported their daughter missing just hours before the girl's body was discovered. Police detained lawyer Porto, 44, and her former husband, journalist Alfonso Basterra Camporro, 49.<br /><br />The murder is believed to have taken place on Saturday night, around the time when witnesses saw Porto leaving her home in A Póboa, Montouto. Police investigations determined that the girl died from asphyxiation and was given drugs before being tied up.<br /><br />Small crowds of onlookers gathered, as the two parents were escorted in handcuffs from Porto's apartment in downtown Santiago de Compostela ahead of a search by police. Porto was taken into custody on Tuesday based on inconsistencies in her confession.<br /><br />Authorities believe that the considerable inheritance could explain the motive for the young girl's murder.
