Overview

• A 43-year-old man voluntarily stopped on the AP-7 highway in Tarragona on Good Friday and confessed to carrying his wife's body in the trunk.
• The suspect was immediately arrested by Mossos d’Esquadra on homicide charges, and specialized units began forensic examination of the scene and vehicle.
• Investigators are collaborating with Valencian police to determine the crime’s location and timeline, as the suspect reportedly drove from the Comunidad Valenciana.
• The Tarragona guard court has imposed judicial secrecy over the case to protect evidence and ensure procedural integrity.
• Authorities are probing the killing as a possible femicide, which, if confirmed, would mark the eighth gender-based killing in Spain this year.