A 53-year-old man has been arrested in Barcelona by the Mossos d’Esquadra as alleged perpetrator of the violent death in 2022 of his partnera 44-year-old woman, in Tarragona. The detainee, who has already entered prison, would have hidden the victim’s body.
As reported by the Police in a statement this Wednesday, the investigation began on August 12, 2022, when A relative of the woman reported her disappearance in Morera de Montsant. The Central Missing Persons Unit took over the investigation given the indications that it was a disappearance from the criminal sphere.
Finally, after more than two years of investigation, the Mossos have been able to gather evidence and indications to prove the authorship of these events, according to the statement, which is why on Tuesday they proceeded to arrest his partner in Barcelona. They add that The analysis of his mobile phone has made it possible to dismantle the detainee’s alibiwhich has fallen into contradictions and revealed material evidence that is decisive for the investigation, specifically the woman’s belongings found in the detainee’s home months after the disappearance.
This Wednesday, the detainee was placed at the disposal of the Gender Violence Court 1 of Valls, which has decreed provisional detention, communicated and without bail as the alleged perpetrator of the crimes of homicide, concealment of a corpse and physical and psychological abuse. The Mossos They continue the investigation to try to find the whereabouts of the body of the woman.
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