Zaragoza’s macho killer: “He deserved it, it’s over”

It is a behavior characteristic of the abuser profile, who does not regret what he has done, justifies his actions despite everything, is authoritarian and never shows empathy. All this is observed in the account of the facts disclosed by the agents of the armed institute at the initial trial in the case. Researchers emphasize several episodes showing that crime was premeditated, beyond going down to the yard with a knife at a time when the mother, who has custody of the minor, will take him to go home.

One of these incidents, EL PERIÓDICO DE ARAGÓN learned, was the one that most brutally described the criminal’s profile perfectly, when a 6-year-old boy asked why he had done this after witnessing the stabbing. Miguel Santiago Cortés snapped at him: “He badly deserved it.” This explanation was heard not only by the little boy, but also by a neighbor who was greeted by screams from the portal at 7 San Mateo Street and opened the door to find out what had happened.

This man described how he climbed the stairs and at that moment saw Miguel Santiago Cortés and the underage boy climbing the stairs. There he saw that the boy asked his father to explain and justify everything. When they got upstairs, he saw a corpse lying on the ground and did not hesitate to confront the murderer, who was holding a gun in one hand, and tell him what he had done. He said to this neighbor: “That’s it, that’s it, done.”

In parallel, this resident went to the victim to try to help him, but did not answer. He immediately called 112 SOS Aragón for help, another neighbor came downstairs to help him. Although they could only confirm death, they did not leave him until the toilets arrived.

However, Miguel Santiago Cortés had another moment of standoff when, while these two were with Mari Carmen, he went down the stairs from the second floor, again with the murder weapon in his hand, and left. He opened the door and threw the knife into the wastebasket, contemptuously as if someone were throwing a piece of paper. Again they asked him what he was doing, and he insisted: “He badly deserved it.”

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The research, which is now being developed, Zaragoza Civil Guard Team It analyzes the mobile terminals of the victim and the attacker to find out if there were previous threats or if there was a trigger situation. They have the most recent history at the table: the knife threats Mari Carmen was subjected to, which led to a six-month restraining order and community benefit work, as this newspaper reports. In December he complied, and nevertheless, the victim decided to let his son spend some time with his father. Despite being with him, it was the murderer’s sisters who dressed him, prepared him for school, and left him to a neighbor to take to class.

All of this led to the presiding judge agreeing to provisional detention last week, despite reassuring Miguel Santiago Cortés that he would not remember anything because he was shocked by what had happened.

Yesterday, the Governing Council, as determined by law, in all deaths from sexist violence, This case will be presided over by a judge at the Court of Violence Against Women No. 3 in Zaragoza.