Overview
- Guardia Civil agents found the victim on the second floor of the home she shared with her father, who was at work at the time.
- The suspect went to a Guardia Civil post in Martos around midday, confessed, and was detained before guiding officers to the address in Campillos.
- Early findings point to signs of strangulation, according to sources close to the investigation.
- Authorities are treating the case as a suspected gender-based killing, the second in Málaga in a matter of days after a separate fatal stabbing in Rincón de la Victoria.
- Campillos declared three days of mourning and local leaders condemned the killing, as officials note nearly 5,200 women in the province have police protection for gender violence.