Doneztebe is one of the settlements along the river corridor that becomes central to the investigation of suspicious infant deaths. Its importance is not established through a single scene or a detailed account of a crime there, but through the way its cases join a wider geographical pattern traced across the Baztán–Bidasoa River system.

Position on the River Route

The investigation treats the river as a continuous geographical feature whose name changes across the region. Amaia Salazar notes that the river is called the Baztán as far as Oronoz-Mugaire and takes the name Bidasoa farther along, from Doneztebe. That distinction matters to the inquiry: a search limited to cases labelled as occurring near the Baztán would miss the continuation of the same watercourse beyond Navarra and into Guipúzcoa.

Cases and the Emerging Pattern

When investigators map infant deaths in settlements bordering the river, they record one case in Elizondo, one in Oronoz-Mugaire, one in Narbarte, two in Doneztebe, and two in Hondarribia. The two Doneztebe cases thus form a notable cluster within a list that also crosses the boundary between the river’s two names. Earlier, Amaia’s reconstruction of the case locations had made the river’s line visible on the map, running through Erratzu, Arraioz, Elbete, and Elizondo, then continuing toward Oieregi with Haizea’s case. The later count adds Doneztebe to the wider investigation rather than treating the earlier map as a complete boundary.

Investigative Significance

The locations prompt investigators to widen their search from infant deaths in Navarra to cases in Guipúzcoa, especially in towns near the Bidasoa. Amaia’s reasoning connects the change in river name to the possibility that Nurse Hidalgo’s work might have extended wherever she was employed; it does not establish that proximity to the river caused the deaths or prove a direct link between every case. Doneztebe’s significance is therefore evidentiary and spatial: its two recorded cases help reveal the limits of an inquiry organized by administrative and naming boundaries, and contribute to a pattern that investigators must test against other evidence.