A 37-year-old man committed suicide this Thursday afternoon in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid) after stabbing his 28-year-old wife to death.
The crime was committed in front of the two children of the marriage of eight and ten years in the conjugal home located at number 5 of Lisbon street in this town.
The couple is of Romanian nationality.
It is unknown whether there were previous complaints of mistreatment by the victim.
The case is being investigated by the agents of group VI of Homicides who have taken steps to make the two minors available to Social Services.
The events took place around 5:00 p.m. on New Year's Eve.
Neighbors have heard noises and screams from inside the couple's home.
A neighbor has knocked on the door and one of the two sons has opened it for him.
At that moment he has seen how the man was on top of the woman.
The alleged assailant has run away and closed the door again.
The neighbor has immediately called 091.
Citizen Security agents from the Torrejón police station have come to the house.
They have tried unsuccessfully to access the house, so they have notified the firefighters that they have managed to access the interior of the house.
At the home, the Police have found the lifeless bodies of the 37-year-old man and his 28-year-old wife.
The Summa troops have traveled to the house, but have only certified the death of the couple.
At the scene of the events, there are agents of the Group of Violent Crimes of the Scientific Police (DEVI) who are conducting the visual inspection of the house
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With this sexist crime, 44 women were murdered by their partners in 2020, the lowest annual figure since the statistics began to be compiled in 2003, three of them in the Madrid region.
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