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24-year-old student feared crushed and incinerated on idyllic holiday island

There are grave fears for a 24-year-old student who has not been seen for two weeks while on the popular holiday island of Majorca.

The student is missing after a night out in Majorca.
The student is missing after a night out in Majorca.

A student is feared dead after she is believed to have fallen asleep in a wheelie bin before being crushed and incinerated at a dump on the popular holiday island of Majorca.

Agostina Rubini Medina, 24, had been missing for over two weeks after disappearing on a night out in the island’s capital Palma.

She is now believed to have been killed when she fell asleep in a large wheelie bin which was then collected by a truck.

Police are now looking for traces of the woman’s DNA at the landfill site after the bin’s contents were burned.

The 24-year-old was in Majorca. Picture: iStock
The 24-year-old was in Majorca. Picture: iStock
The student was on a night out on the holiday island’s capital of Palma. Picture: iStock
The student was on a night out on the holiday island’s capital of Palma. Picture: iStock

Her mobile phone data was used to reconstruct her movements before she vanished.

Police believe that Agostina was waiting for a bus around midnight.

And then it is thought something of her was dropped into the rubbish bin - and she climbed in to retrieve it.

Deputy Police Chief Fernando Reboyras said she is then believed to have passed out from the alcohol.

Agostina Rubini Medina is feared to have died in a wheelie bin
Agostina Rubini Medina is feared to have died in a wheelie bin
Agostina has been missing for two weeks
Agostina has been missing for two weeks

It is believed a rubbish truck then emptied the bin and crushed her to death.

Tragically, a witness was waiting for a bus shortly before her death and noticed her handbag placed neatly next to the container but thought nothing more of it.

The witness, who was at the bus stop at 12:12am, reportedly did not hear her call for help or scream before the bin man arrived at 12:27am to empty the bin.

The investigators said that the vehicle reached a waste incineration plant at 12:52am, when the 24-year-old woman’s phone went dead.

Now investigators are working around the clock to find traces of Agostina’s DNA among the ashes and rubbish at the landfill site.

The investigation is ongoing.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and has been republished with permission

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