Cameras record the killer calmly entering shortly after dawn. A chalet in Las GabiasIn Granada he wore tracksuits and black gloves. He is just over 6 feet tall, and his head and face are hidden behind a Covid hat and mask. When you pass the door two dogs belgian shepherds those who guard the house greet you as if they knew you; even one of them picks up and carries an object with his mouth to invite you to play with it.
Even though the man is wearing a huge, pointed collar, none of the dogs are disturbed by the man’s arrival or attack him. iron spear in your hand. After a short while, he enters the house with the key and owner drags Rosario38 years old, into the room where he sleeps three year old son. He kills the child without saying a word. The killer then hits Rosario and stabs her with the stick. eight months pregnant. Before leaving, he tries to burn the bodies and the house but is unsuccessful.
crime sounds
There is no footage of what happened inside the house, but cameras outside the house recorded sounds heard during the crimes, which, along with the entry video, provided invaluable information to the investigation. Granada Civil Guard To solve the case and arrest the person responsible for the murders in just two days.
It was Rosario’s husband who reported that an intruder had entered their chalet on May 27 and attacked his wife and son. The man, a pilot by profession, was not at home that day. I flew to Mallorca the night before. But thanks to the advanced video surveillance system He could see and hear his family’s suffering almost live from his home connected to his mobile phone. He was also the first suspect, but was soon ruled out.
Researchers knew this the killer knew Rosario and his family are enough for the dogs in the house to trust him. The Civil Guard conducted tests on the two animals and found that they behaved differently and were much less friendly towards agents, firefighters, and even some of Rosario’s husband’s relatives.
Moreover, they believed that the person who killed the woman and her son did so for a personal purpose and not just a personal one. level of violence and brutality used, but when analyzing the audio recordings, Rosario He called his killer by name As soon as he sees her entering his house.
A dog trainer
This sound, a fragment of only a few seconds in length, in which the victim’s voice was mixed with other sounds that distorted it, echo and the distance from which the cameras were located, became the obsession of Civil Guard investigators. . Aware that they had the definitive clue to solve the case, all the guards of the Judicial Police team entered a room. one by one to avoid contamination was among them and they heard Rosario’s voice. To everyone it seemed as if the woman was shouting a name: Jose.
They investigated Rosario’s life and discovered that months ago she had approached a man named Jose to train her dogs. The Civil Guard investigated and kept a close eye on this man, especially after he showed the killer’s video to the suspect’s partner and assured him that the person seen in the footage was his dog trainer friend Jose. Agents also confirmed that he was physically very similar to the man they were looking for, a tall and well-built man.
“Why do you want to kill me?”
Despite these clues, investigators’ instincts and skill prevented them from arresting the wrong man. They decided to consult and show several people the audio recordings of the crime in the chalet. expert sound and structural engineers. With their help, they managed to unravel another statement from Rosario that turned the investigation around. While he was being attacked in his bedroom, agents heard the killer breathing. They also hear the woman ask herself the following question: “Manuel, why do you want to kill me?”.
Investigators noticed that the sounds Rosario’s brother made when agitated, similar to those made by a wild boar, were the same sounds they recorded about the killer.
The new leader referred inquiries to Rosario’s younger brother. Civil Guard, Manuel’s I trained one of the dogs for months from the youngest, Rosario, before giving it to her to take to the Las Gabias chalet. Also a man difficult relationship with his sister since you were young, since you left Torredelcampo (Jaen)Where they both grew up was studying Pharmacy at university. She later married a pilot and the couple became wealthy; Manuel, on the other hand, worked in the fields in the town, tending to the olive trees on his family’s farms, and had a daughter with his long-time girlfriend.
Jealousy and legacy
Agents discovered that Manuel had accumulated jealousy and hatred towards his older sister and her family. And they learned another eye-opening fact: Rosario and Manuel’s father had died in December, and the inheritance was only to be divided equally between the two siblings. two days after the crimes. This distribution seemed unfair to Manuel, and he flatly refused to accept it.
After stabbing his nephew, his sister and his unborn baby, Manuel returned home and took his wife and daughter for dessert for breakfast.
One of the guards had already taken Manuel’s statement, but he was so affected by the deaths of his sister and nephew that the agent had to stop. It turned out that the suspect was disturbed Panic attackeven came lie on the floor, moaning and breathing very hard, irregularly. Investigators decided to examine this statement and noticed that the sounds Rosario’s brother made when he was agitated were similar to the sounds made by a wild boar. The killer’s engravings are the same as the ones.
They then reconstruct Manuel’s steps on the morning of the crimes and compare that data with data from traffic cameras. That’s how they discover it that day. radar camera Near Las Gabias, Manuel recorded himself driving towards his sister’s chalet. The same camera also spotted the man heading towards his home in Torredelcampo a few minutes after the crimes.
He faked a heart attack
When the Civil Guard summons Manuel again, the man is convinced that they only want him to finish the statement he interrupted. So when the agents tell him everything they found, Rosario’s brother pretends again. He guarantees that he will heart attack and to prove this he throws himself down again and begins to breathe as in his previous statement. Researchers know this sound very well and tell you: “Keep breathing like that, you breathed like that while killing your sister.”. Manuel then stops making noise but denies harming his sister and nephew.
He can only defeat the Civil Guard investigators when cornered with evidence. When agents find traces of blood in his car, Manuel confesses to the crimes and leads investigators to a stream off the highway connecting Granada and Jaén, where he gets rid of the clothes he used and various objects. commit crimes. Among these, a few shotgun cartridges Manuel took to his sister’s chalet hidden in latex glovesknowing that the woman is hiding hunting rifle That he was hiding in a closet in his father’s bedroom and planned to use it if Rosario resisted. The Civil Guard had seized at the scene the iron spear that Manuel had made to commit the murders.
After her arrest, Rosario’s brother agrees to reconstruct the crime, but does it his own way. He only answers the questions the detectives ask him and does not like to go into too much detail when recalling how his relatives ended their lives. He doesn’t want to explain why he did this either, he just complains, claims he’s sorry, and tries to justify himself: “I don’t know why I did it”, repeat. But his supposed sadness contrasts with the brutality with which he committed his crimes and the coldness he showed after committing them: After stabbing his nephew, his sister, and his nearly-born baby, Manuel returned home. He came home and took his wife and daughter to eat churros for breakfast.