EVERYONE loves a crime drama and The Asunta Case is even based on a true story.
The Spanish show has now come to Netflix so you can delve into the real-life case of Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto.
The Asunta Case follows the real-life story of Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto‘s murder.
The synopsis of the drama reads: “On September 21st 2013 Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra report the disappearance of their daughter Asunta, whose body is found hours after next to a road outside Santiago de Compostela.
“The police investigation soon reveals evidence that points to Rosario and Alfonso as possible authors of the crime.
“The news shakes the city and even the country.
“What can lead two parents to end their daughter’s life? What hides beneath that perfect family picture?”
The Asunta Case cast is mostly made up of Spanish actors due to being a Spanish story.
Here's a look at who stars in The Asunta Case:
Yes, The Asunta Case is based on a true story.
Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto was a Chinese-born Spanish girl whose body was found in Teo, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, on September 22, 2013 just before her thirteenth birthday.
The coroner determined she had died by asphyxiation and had been given at least twenty-seven Lorazepam pills on the day of her death.
This is more than nine times a high dosage amount for an adult.
The investigation into the death became known as the Asunta Basterra case.
Asunta’s adoptive parents Alfonso Basterra and Rosario Porto were found guilty of her murder on October 30, 2015.
Court documents started that the couple periodically drugged their daughter with Lorazepam for three months and asphyxiated her before disposing of her body.
The parents, who maintained their innocence, were sentenced to eighteen years in prison.
The Asunta Case was filmed in Galicia, Spain.
This is where the crime took place and where Asunta’s body was found.
You will be available to watch The Asunta Case on Netflix on Friday, April 26, 2024.
The drama is a limited series which has been inspired by true events.
