Netflix ’s truthful crime series based on the mysterious death of Asunta Basterra raises even more questions .
Note : This post contains mentions of suicide , slaying , and drugs .
The case surrounding 12-year-old Asunta Basterra’s death in 2013 created a media frenzy, both in Santiago and globally. Two years later, her adoptive parents, Rosario Porto Ortega and Alfonso Basterra Camporro, were convicted for her murder under strange circumstances.
Nearly a decade after the criminal trial concluded,Netflix’s highly-anticipated seriesThe Asunta Casereignited the public’s interest in what really happened. After all, both Rosario and Alfonso maintained their innocence even after sentencing. Below, I’ve broken down 19 facts related to the limited series.
1.Asunta was born Yong Fang.
After Rosario and Alfonso adopted the shaver , she was given the name Asunta Yong Fang Basterra , according to the bookThe execution Of Asunta Yong Fangby Mark Guscin .
2.Asunta was a very gifted child.
Actress Iris Wu shined in the part of Asunta but the genuine child was fantastically talented . concord toThe Guardian , she skipped an donnish year and was a linguist who was fluent in Spanish and Galician . Asunta also enrolled in individual classes to memorise English , French , and Chinese and convey a German social class in school . On top of all of that , Asunta also excelled in the arts , having pick up the violin and pianoforte , and taking concert dance classes , as reference in the series .
3.She was also the first Chinese child to be adopted in Santiago de Compostela, perThe Guardian.
Since Rosario and Alfonso could n’t think a youngster , reportedly due to her Lupus diagnosing , the couple settle to borrow , La Voz De Galiciareports . Spain had strict adoption laws and a declining birth pace , so they decided to adopt abroad . Interestingly enough , Spain ranked secondly in the world for foreign adoptions , one position behind the United States .
4.Rosario Porto was a lawyer, just like her father.
5.She also allegedly claimed that she attended the London High School Of Law in London — a school that doesn’t exist.
PerThe Guardian , Porto post her CV online claim that she consider at the London High School Of Law . However , the issue ’s investigation concluded that no such school exists .
6.Asunta’s autopsy revealed that she had 27 crushed-up pills of anti-anxiety medication in her system when she died of asphyxiation.
The autopsy report for Asunta revealed that she had been heavily sedated prior to her demise . interchangeable to the serial , the medical examiner determined that she died from asphyxiation with 0.68 milligrams per liter of blood of the benzodiazepine , an anti - anxiety and anti - insomnia medication , found in her system — a dose that forensic shrink José Cabrera Forneiro toldEl Pais"implies the necessary perniciousness to result in demise , specially in youngster age under 12 . "
7.The production team refused to shoot at the real locations connected to Asunta’s murder.
8.Candela Peña had to convince the directors to play Rosario.
9.Peña reportedly vomited on the first day on set after she put on her wig.
concord toEuro ESEuro , Peña needed an ambulance after she test on her wigging for the role of Rosario Porto . “ I was so scared that the first day they put the wig on me , I started be sick , " she reportedly say . Tristán Ulloa , who plays Alfonso Basterra , corroborate the claim in the same article , stating , " An ambulance fare and the woman had been Rosario Porto ’s classmate . " The class fellow was reportedly just as startled to see Peña since she shared an uncanny resemblance to Rosario Porto .
10.Asunta’s inheritance played a role in the investigation.
While many question beleaguer the circumstances of Asunta ’s end persist unanswered , the Civil Guard initially suspected that her hereditary pattern may have been a motive behind her death . An allege cousin-german tell that the grandfather " decided to go forth everything to her , " consort toEl Mundo . Rosario ’s parent left behind a sizable inheritance to Asunta , contribute investigators to suspect that money played a part in her death .
11.At one point, authorities considered launching a parallel investigation into the death of Rosario’s parents.
The suspicions ring Rosario ’s involvement in her daughter ’s last were fortify by the theory of an economic motive . PerEl Mundo , the Civil Guard believed that the couple had run out of cash and knew that their girl would inherit the riches . Since there were interrogative sentence regarding whether grandparent die from natural causes , investigators suspected that there may have been a connection .
12.The majority of the crew forThe Asunta Casewere Galician and previously worked onFariña
13.Candela Peña required two coaches to help her nail the Galician accent.
In an audience with David Broncano onLa Resisitencia , Peña disclose that she demand two linguistic bus to help her master her Galician accent . It reportedly took her a workweek to say Alfonso ’s name correctly .
14.Peña also faced signficant backlash from locals for her role.
During her conversation withLa Scriptpodcast , she revealed that local anaesthetic in Santiago would often curse her out throughout the motion-picture photography . Not only were they upset about the type but also , the fact that she was getting make up to do so .
15.Ramón Campos communicated with Alfonso Basterra during the development ofEl caso Asunta (Operación Nenúfar).
16.Rosario Porto committed suicide in 2020.
Several year after she was sentenced to 18 years in prison house for the murder of Asunta Basterra , Porto died by suicide behind bars . report byLa Razonclaim that she had attempted suicide in the past times as a event of her slump genial health .
17.Alfonso Basterra was perceived to be a pedophile by the time he went to court due to the media coverage.
18.Rosario Porto suffered from mental health issues following the death of her parents.
19.Asunta’s ashes were left with a friend of Rosario’s.
The Guardianreports that Asunta ’s adopted parents were to decide what happened to ash later on .
