Irurita

Irurita enters the investigation’s closing sequence as the place where police find Nurse Hidalgo at her home, hanging from a walnut tree. The discovery comes amid a coordinated response to Jonan Etxaide’s murder and the revelations surrounding the infant-death cases, giving the town a stark role in the story’s final unravelling.

Place in the Investigation

The discovery in Irurita follows Amaia Salazar’s effort to map infant deaths across the region. Her investigation identifies a pattern of families whose young daughters died and whose circumstances later changed, while the plotted cases trace a corridor along the Baztán River and onward where it takes the name Bidasoa. Irurita is not named among the specific towns listed in that mapping; its importance in the evidence lies instead in the later police operation.

The Discovery at Nurse Hidalgo’s Home

After Jonan Etxaide’s killer is identified, emergency personnel and officials arrive, and statements continue until after midday. The response then branches into several operations: lawyers Lejarreta and Andía are arrested at their office, police go to Argi Beltz in Orabidea, and officers reach Nurse Hidalgo’s house in Irurita. There they find her hanging from the branch of her walnut tree. The account establishes the location and the circumstances of the discovery, but does not explain how or when she came to be there.

Role in the Closing Sequence

Irurita’s scene is one part of a wider reckoning rather than an isolated episode. In the same sequence, investigators begin identifying the remains of the girls found around the offering’s empty coffin, a process expected to take weeks, and a search order is issued for Xabier Markina, also known as Tabese. The placement of the discovery at Nurse Hidalgo’s home links Irurita to the operation’s human consequences while the wider investigation turns toward identifying the dead and pursuing the remaining suspect.