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Netflix viewers have same question after finishing chilling true crime drama The Asunta Case

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Updated 17:16 30 Apr 2024 GMT+1Published 17:15 30 Apr 2024 GMT+1

Netflix viewers have same question after finishing chilling true crime drama The Asunta Case

The series tells the harrowing story of a 12-year-old girl and her adopted parents

Bec Oakes

Bec Oakes

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The Asunta Case is one of Netflix's latest dramas and its ending has left everyone asking the same question.

If there's one thing Netflix knows how to do well, it's making a true crime adaption.

In the last month alone, three-part jaw-dropping docuseries What Jennifer Did has had viewers clinging onto the edge of their seats, while British drama Baby Reindeer let fans in on the horrifying reality of being stalked.

And, just last week The Asunta Case landed on the streaming platform, telling the true story of the disappearance of a Chinese-born schoolgirl in Spain.

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In 2013, 12-year-old Asunta Yong Fang was reported missing by her adopted parents Rosario Porto and Alfonso Basterra.

In the hours that followed, the couple were unable to articulately describe where they'd been prior to Asunta's disappearance and police quickly found holes in her mother's attempted alibi.

The following day, a passersby discovered the child's remains on the side of a small mountain road.

A coroner's report found that Asunta had died from asphyxiation.

In 2012, 12-year-old Asunta Yong Fang was found dead after her parents reported her missing. (Netflix)
In 2012, 12-year-old Asunta Yong Fang was found dead after her parents reported her missing. (Netflix)

All fingers pointed at her parents following Rosario's strange behaviour and suspicions grew stronger after police caught the mother-of-one attempting to retrieve a ball of orange twine - the same that Asunta’s limbs had been tied in - from a bin in her home.

Coroners later discovered that the 12-year-old had been given at least 27 pills on the day of her death, giving strength to the theory that her parents had grown tired of caring for her.

Rosario and Alfonso were arrested and, in 2015, a jury unanimously found the, guilty of Asunta's death. They were each sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The Netflix adaptation of the young girl's murder has left viewers with the same big question. (Netflix)
The Netflix adaptation of the young girl's murder has left viewers with the same big question. (Netflix)

Viewers are obsessed with Netflix's dramatisation of the tragic case, however it's left them with one big question.

One user on X (formerly Twitter) wrote: "[The] Asunta Case was so unsettling it gave me nightmares.

"It's the way there was no clear closure of the case since both of defendants choose to sealed their mouth till the end, making whatever I read or hear or watch into a mere conspiracy theory."

Another said: "Sacrificed sleep to binge watch The Asunta Case on Netflix only to be disappointed, because wtf was that ending?"

"I just watched it and I'm disappointed because you never find out what really happened and why," commented a third.

And, we may never know. In 2020, Rosario took her own life, while Alfonso remains silent at Spain's Teixeiro prison.

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: Netflix, TV And Film, True Crime

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