Events Tragic summer in Valladolid: seven murdered in just over a month and a half
Investigation The suspect in the triple murder of Rondilla later brutally assaulted two other elderly couples
The National Police is investigating the link between a 43-year-old man, a resident of Valladolid, who was arrested last night in the La Rondilla neighborhood as the alleged perpetrator of attacks on two elderly couples, with the three bodies found hours earlier with signs of violence. in the same neighborhood, since the detainee was the husband of one of the deceased women.
According to the National Police investigation, the aggressor's intention was to enter the homes of these couples to try to escape from the police siege.
The arrested, a man of Moroccan nationality, would be the alleged perpetrator of the three murders that occurred yesterday afternoon: a mother and her daughter on the one hand, and a man on the other.
The corpses of the women appeared charred on a floor, and stabbed.
The man's also appeared burned in another home, about 200 meters from the first.
The detainee was married to one of the victims, a 54-year-old woman, murdered along with her mother.
Sources of the investigation believe that it is not a case of sexist violence.
The arrest occurred around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, in the same neighborhood of Rondilla in Valladolid, a few meters from where the three bodies were found, the mother and daughter, 78 and 54 years old, respectively, at number 32 from Linares street, and the 78-year-old man, on Marqués de Santillana street.
Escape from the police fence
According to investigative sources, after committing the murders, the man now detained fled and
tried to enter other dwellings.
Police officers arrested him.
around 11:00 p.m. on Góngora street as the alleged perpetrator of attacks on two elderly couples.
The first of these attacks occurred around 10:30 p.m. on Calle Amor de Dios and the second, at 10:50 p.m., on Calle Gutiérrez de Cetina.
This last couple had to be transferred to the hospital due to the injuries they suffered.
All these streets are very close to each other, and the Police had deployed an important device in this neighborhood to clarify the triple murder.
The investigation is now focused on knowing the reason why the crimes could have been committed and if the now detained person would be responsible for them.
Initially it was suspected that the crimes were due to a settling of accounts, which will now be what the police investigation has to determine.
It so happens that Valladolid and the province add up to a total of seven violent deaths since last June 30.
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