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Samuel Santos
Samuel Santos
Series: La chica de ayer
Rank: Inspector
Chief Inspector (2009)
Significant others: Ana Valverde
Sonia
Actor: Ernesto Alterio
UK equivalent: Sam Tyler
US equivalent: Det. Sam Tyler

Samuel Santos was a high ranking police officer of the National Police Corps of Spain in Madrid, 2009. While searching for his girlfriend Sonia who had been kidnapped by a serial killer he was investigating, Santos was hit by high-speed car and awoke in 1977 Spain working for the Ministry of the Interior under Inspector Jefe Joaquín Gallardo.

Biography[]


Early Life[]

Samuel Santos was born to José and Rosa Santos in Madrid, Spain in the early 1970s. As a child he aspired to become a police officer. In 1977, his father abandoned him and his mother. At the age of eighteen, he joined the National Police Corps of Spain[1] where he was eventually promoted to Chief Inspector. By 2009, he was in a relationship with his colleague Sonia.

2009[]

In 2009, Santos and Sonia were investigating the murders of a serial killer in Madrid when Santos was collided by a speeding car. The trauma caused by the collision sent Santos back to 1977 where he was working under Joaquín Gallardo.

References[]

Characters of La chica de ayer
Santos thumb  Quin thumb   Ana thumb  Rai thumb   Cris thumb  
Samuel Santos / Joaquín Gallardo / Ana Valverde / Raimundo García / Jose Cristóbal Matteo
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