Overview

• Police say he amputated three toes on one foot and two on the other in his kitchen rather than a clinical setting, and two adolescent children were present.
• The nursing home spotted bandages and missing toes when the man returned from a long weekend with family and sent him to Hospital de Sant Joan.
• His condition deteriorated and he died of sepsis on Tuesday afternoon at Hospital General de Alicante.
• UDEV officers detained the 55-year-old cardiovascular surgeon, who works at the same hospital, as a suspected homicide offender, with final charges pending judicial instruction.
• Hospital staff alerted the Guardia Civil after a relative refused to identify themselves, and the Policía Nacional later took over the investigation due to jurisdiction.