Overview
- The 42-year-old victim from Puente Genil was found seminuded on November 2 beside the A-369 in Alpandeire with signs of extreme violence, and the autopsy attributed death to polytrauma.
- Investigators report the 29-year-old suspect had cohabited for days with his ex-wife and the victim before offering a ride to Gaucín and allegedly diverting to an isolated area to strike him repeatedly with a blunt object.
- Guardia Civil recovered the concealed weapon bearing biological traces and found incriminating material in the suspect’s vehicle and home, while the suspect allegedly used the victim’s phone and later discarded it along with clothing and plastic sheeting.
- The suspect was detained on November 6, participated in a reconstruction, and was ordered into provisional prison on November 9 by the Ronda court, with proceedings under judicial secrecy and the case initially classified as assassination.
- In a separate case in Fuengirola, Policía Nacional arrested a 25-year-old over a September assault outside a bar that led to a 63-year-old man’s fatal head injury, and a judge has also remanded that suspect to prison.