Around two hundred family members, friends and neighbours have gathered in La Florida, Orihuela Costa, to mark the first anniversary of the killing of fifteen-year-old Cloe. After a minute’s silence, her aunt Amor Fenoll has called for change to Spain’s Ley del Menor, saying the crime was committed with cold planning and extreme violence and that justice must reflect that severity.

The judicial investigation and the autopsy have described a brutal attack: six stab wounds, two more superficial injuries and an incomplete throat cut that affected external vessels including the carotid artery and the jugular vein, producing a massive haemorrhage. Cloe managed to reach her brother and was taken to Torrevieja Hospital, where she could not be saved. The two accused, who were seventeen at the time, have admitted involvement and face the maximum youth internment of up to eight years under current law.

The memorial, organised by the Platform in Memory of Cloe, included live music, painted stones placed around a tree and plans for a commemorative bench bearing her image. Speakers urged young people to seek help and respect others, while family and supporters have pressed legislators to toughen juvenile sentences so crimes of such magnitude are met with appropriate penalties.