British couple body of the woman had three bullet wounds, while the man had been shot once. A pistol was found nearby.

Their identities have yet to be confirmed, but it's understood a British couple disappeared at the time they are believed to have died.The British Consulate is reported to have been in contact with the Civil Guard in Alicante province in connection with the two bodies found in an isolated area of the Sierra de Bèrnia, in Llíber, on Sunday. There are concerns that they could be a British couple who have been missing since July and it’s understood that the badly-decomposed bodies discovered by a hunter in the paraje de Marnes could have been there for around two months.There is no information as yet on the couple’s identity, however, and there was no documentation which could help in the identification in a rucksack found nearby.La Verdad newspaper reports this Tuesday that the body of the woman had three bullet wounds, while the man had been shot once. A pistol was found nearby.The paper said DNA testing will give investigators information on the couple’s ages, which will then be matched with details of persons reported missing in Spain. The results could take a number of weeks.