Overview

• Officers discovered the victim with stab wounds inside her home on Calle Río Guadalquivir in Cartagena’s El Algar at about 8:56 a.m.
• The Guardia Civil arrested her 66-year-old husband shortly afterward as the presumed perpetrator.
• Investigators noted bloodstains on the suspect’s clothing at the time of his detention.
• Policía Judicial is leading the investigation as a suspected gender-violence killing.
• The body was taken to Cartagena’s forensic institute for autopsy, and local reports indicate it is the first such homicide in Murcia in 2025.