this accused of killing a woman inside north of Tenerife inside july 2020José Miguel Quintero, known by his pseudonym Penguin, to a friend that his partner Carolina FumeroI’ve had enough and this is “She wanted to get rid of him”. I mean, it would kill him. Moreover, Several witnesses confirmed that the woman feared that the accused would end her life today.Well, that’s what he said to himself.
Y This fear is allegedly expressed by Carolina in a letter she wrote at the home of a former partner.. The letter in question was submitted to the court by the court. lawyer of the victim’s daughter, erika hairin the first session of the view followed by Court of Jury, Fifth Section Santa Cruz de Tenerife County Court in connection with the murder of Carolina La Corujera neighborhoodin the municipality Saint Ursula, 16 July 2020.
On the morning of Tuesday, June 14, Quintero, a friend of the confessor and the victim, told him that he wanted to end the victim’s life on July 14; two days before the fatal attack. The witness and the couple met at a bar in Santa Úrsula, where they were customers. They also went to José Miguel Quintero’s home together several times, where he and the victim allegedly drank alcohol and used cocaine, while he only drank alcohol. He also said he had seen the victim say narcotics several times in a bar.
The witness said that when José Miguel told her that he was fed up with her and “wanted to get rid of” Carolina, he would end the relationship and that the man even contemplated suicide. But he never believed that he would kill his friend.
In the days following the crime, 17, 18 and 19 July, Penguin tried to get in touch with the friend in question to say something “very strong” to him. The defendant’s intent was to tell himself that he had killed Carolina Fumero and to seek help in hiding the body. The defendant also told him that “something would happen to me” today, so he would leave his car for her. But to questions from Jésica Hernández Peña, attorney at the Canary Institute for Equality (ICI), the witness said she did not know whether the only person involved was planning the sexist crime.
It was determined that one of the witnesses who testified was Fernando, Carolina’s friend and ex-partner. After a court in La Orotava convicted José Miguel Quintero of ill-treatment and ordered a restraining order, the woman lived in this man’s home for several days. She also admitted that she was a friend of the quintero. The witness noted that there were many couples issues between Carolina and José Miguel. He was also aware that, in the weeks before his death, the victim was living with Quintero, despite restraining orders.
“Carolina feared for her life; she thought she was going to kill her,” said one of the victim’s friends.
This man said that the victim feared that the accused would hurt him today. He was aware that women wrote letters expressing their feelings and “philosophical thoughts”, especially when they were feeling down emotionally. “Yes, he was afraid for his own life,” admitted the witness after the attacks on Quintero in the months before the murder, adding that he “thought he was going to kill her.”
Fernando handed the letters he received from Carolina to another man who testified at the second trial, who was Carolina’s friend and was her daughter’s godfather. This friendship lasted for many years. He also knew that José Miguel and Carolina were not having a good time in their relationship because the victim had told him so. It was this neighbor who accompanied her to report to the court, and Civil Guard agents called her cell phone when they could not directly locate the abused woman.
The victim asked another friend to look for letters in which she wrote about her feelings if something serious happened to her.
This witness admitted that he had asked the affected person not to return to live with José Miguel, as the incident could “go further”. According to her testimony, Carolina decided to return to Quintero because she allegedly threatened to harm a sister and even her own daughter. He was aware that the victim was writing letters and in some cases told him to look for such texts if something serious happened to him.
The man in question, who has a partner he never thought of living with Karolina, stated that he saw the murdered person almost every day. He noted that José Miguel was “quite jealous” of this friendship. He stated that to meet him, the victim took advantage of moments where Quintero would take a shower, such as to escape and go to the car with him.
The victim’s daughter assured him that her mother avoided telling her about her attacks and relationship problems with Quintero. In fact, it was the young woman’s father who explained to her that her mother was injured and that a court in La Orotava had convicted José Miguel for such acts. Carolina’s daughter believes that her mother does not want her to see her with bruises or involve her in her bad experiences.
The witness stated that she was on good terms with her mother and that when she went to live with her boyfriend, her mother was “looking for life” to buy her food and help her as much as she could. He also knew that his mother wrote letters, “like a kind of diary, but on loose paper.” She learned this custom from her aunt, who started to express her feelings in this way when she grew up.
Jonay Martin was a friend Penguin. He didn’t know about it since November or October 2019, he told jurors. But after the events, in the early hours of Sunday, on July 18, 2020, Quintero invited him to have a few beers together at his house. Jonay was in his car with a waiter from the bar who brought the drinks. The second stayed briefly at the address on Las Turcas street. Quintero was only interested in talking to Jonay, who has an arm disability.
Jonay sat in the garage of the house and stared at the victim’s legs. And the defendant uncovered the body today and confirmed that it was Carolina’s body. José Miguel told him “I destroyed him” and stated that for this he made him a “mataleón”, a choke key. Jonay had a hard time leaving Quintero’s house. He asked what he could do. “You take your life or you give up on yourself,” replied Jonay. And he stopped helping her any further.
However, Jonay took a bag that was supposed to be in the beers and threw it in the trash. The witness stated that he was unaware of its contents. But Civil Guard investigators believe the victim’s clothes are in the bag, as well as the remains of sheets and cleaning from the room where the violent death occurred.
When Jonay left home, he went to a Repsol gas station bar where he drank “croissants and whiskey.” From then on, she told many people, including a sister and mother, about what she saw at José Miguel’s house and the problem she was in. This witness is being investigated at La Orotava Court as the alleged perpetrator of concealing a murder. After learning of the case, Jonay commented at the hearing, “You should see yourself in this situation; I lost my job and I lost everything.”
The Monday after the crime, Quintero met him at a gas station bar. And he was there today when the accused said he had put the body in a septic tank in the garage. And that he needs your help to put it in bags and throw it into the sea. When Jonay told the manager of a local bar about this approach, it was he who called a freelance civil guard at the La Victoria police station to tell him the story he had heard.
The agent in question, in turn, briefed the sergeant-commander of the La Victoria outpost about a possible murder, for which judicial protocol was activated.