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Palma Suspect Jailed After Forensics Rule Girlfriend’s Death a Strangulation

Forensic findings reversed an initial overdose assumption, prompting homicide charges.

Overview

  • A Palma judge ordered immediate pretrial detention for A. G. B., who denies killing his partner and only answered his lawyer’s questions.
  • Autopsy and lab analyses concluded she died from neck compression, overturning the initial overdose suspicion based on drug traces found at the scene.
  • During police interviews he said he did not remember the events of 3 February 2025, and authorities reported no prior complaints between the couple though he had violent antecedents with a former partner.
  • In Valencia, a 23-year-old was jailed provisionally on an attempted homicide charge after a stabbing that left a man with cuts including to the neck, by order of Instruction Court No. 19.
  • At the Rafelcofer murder trial, forensic experts told jurors the victim suffered 38 stab wounds and was strangled while bleeding, with proceedings continuing.