Events The murderer of 'Grindr' was arrested for killing a man in Carabanchel with 50 stab wounds three years ago
The Argentine Justice authorized the request for the extradition of the alleged "Grindr murderer" to Spain to be tried for the murder of
Najuzatih Zahell Dias,
a computer engineer who was found in his bed with more than 40 stab wounds in his Madrid apartment in 2018, reported official sources.
It is about
Julián Ovejero, 27,
better known in the Spanish media as "the Grindr murderer", since the accused had met the victim through a popular dating application for homosexuals.
Ovejero was subject to an international arrest request, since he
had been a fugitive for just over three years,
and he was arrested by the Interpol division of the Argentine Federal Police in the province of Tucumán (north) in September of this year.
"The head of Federal Court No. 2 of Tucumán, Fernando Poviña, granted the extradition request made by Spain regarding the Argentine citizen Julián Ovejero, wanted by Interpol for the murder of a man of Puerto Rican nationality, which occurred in the city of Madrid, in February 2018, "he said in a statement from the Argentine Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF).
A friend, concerned about the state of Najuzatih, was the one who came to his home and found the man dead in bed.
He was assassinated after having had sexual relations.
His body had between 40 and 50 stab wounds, although the mortal was located at the height of the neck.
Naju, as his close circle called him, was a native of Puerto Rico and dedicated to computer science.
Upon arrival in Spain the name had been changed.
The agents analyzed the victim's social environment
, which was very active due to the use of social networks.
Thanks to the inspection of their mobile devices, they found that on the night of February 22, they had met another man, through the 'Grindr' application.
The building's security cameras, which were reviewed by investigators, focused the investigation on a suspect.
The face of this man appeared as a friend in the social networks of the deceased.
The alleged murderer
was a young Argentine, 26, who
was in Madrid studying acting
.
However, a day after the crime, he fled by plane to Peru and from there he went to Argentina, where he has remained in hiding with an international arrest warrant.
The investigators have analyzed his profiles on social networks and that of his relatives, thanks to which they managed to locate him in a small town, La Bombilla, in San Miguel de Tucúman.
From the photos on his social profiles, the agents verified that he
frequented a cafeteria in that town
and the information was provided to the Argentine Police, who arrested the alleged murderer, Julián O., last night.
Investigators collected DNA from the detainee's home and compared it with the remains found at the crime scene.
The result was positive.
It has been the Group V of Homicides of the Madrid Police Headquarters that has carried out the investigation, which has had the impulse of the Prosecutor's Office of the Community of Madrid, which has collaborated at all times with the progress of the investigations.
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