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Suspected Attacker Held in Psychiatric Custody After Encarnita Polo’s Death in Ávila Care Home

Police treat the case as a suspected homicide, with forensic findings and judicial processing still pending.

Overview

  • The National Police’s Judicial Brigade is investigating the death at the Decanos residence in Ávila where the 86-year-old singer-actress was found.
  • Authorities confirmed the presumed aggressor is under police custody in a psychiatric hospital and will be brought before a judge when medically feasible.
  • The autopsy has not yet determined whether the cause was asphyxia or strangulation, and investigators have not established a motive.
  • Media accounts differ on the suspect’s profile and sequence of events, with some reports citing a 66-year-old who left an internal psychiatric wing and others describing an octogenarian, details that remain unconfirmed.
  • Funeral rites were held in Ávila, and the family, through her daughter, asked for privacy during their mourning.