• Events They kill an old woman in her home in Fuenlabrada to steal money and jewelry

The National Police has solved a year later the stabbing murder of an 84-year-old woman in Fuenlabada. The author of the crime is another octogenarian whom he knew to play both at local bingo and with whom he shared a table on several occasions. The motive for the crime was the robbery since he took from the old woman about 7,000 euros and jewelry, according to the Madrid Police Headquarters.

The agents have found out that the same day of the crime and the following days the alleged murderer was at bingo spending a large amount of money that he had stolen from the old woman. Two jewelers belonging to the victim were found in the house of the alleged murderer, also a resident of Fuenlabrada . The judge has sent to prison the man, a gambling addict, charged with a crime of manslaughter.

The body of Mercedes, 84, was discovered on May 24 of last year in her house located at the ground floor of number 6 on Los Angeles street in Fuenlabrada. Her neighbors found her after 091 was alerted that an octogenarian was not responding to calls from the social worker who visited her daily. When the agents entered the home, they found the lifeless body of the woman with stab wounds and indications that a robbery had occurred, and Group VI of Homicides of the Judicial Police Brigade took over the investigation.

A careful eye inspection at the home revealed various effects and biological traces. In addition, the investigators were able to verify that the victim's home was missing between 6,000 and 7,000 euros as well as a large amount of jewelry. Next to the woman's corpse was a cushion with which the killer tried to cover her face so that her screams were not heard. The Police centered the investigations in several suspects and finally all the investigations pointed out as the alleged perpetrator of the crime to another octogenarian, friend of the victim, with whom he used to meet in a bingo hall in the town and who spent a large amount of money on same day of the murder and the subsequent days.

Police inquiries have determined even more distressing data for the victim's relatives. Mercedes was tortured by the alleged criminal to reveal where the money was kept. Proof of this suffering is that she had cuts on her hands and wounds

Finally, the effects and vestiges collected at the scene of the crime, along with the rest of the investigations, allowed investigators to arrest an octogenarian male as the alleged perpetrator of the woman's death. The search carried out at the home of the arrested person allowed several Mercedes effects to intervene , including two jewelers that could have belonged to the victim. After being brought to justice, she was ordered to enter prison.

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