National Police Valencia Cathedral awaits final autopsy report to determine whether he is an honorary canon Alfonso Lopez BenitoThe 80-year-old was strangled with a handkerchief under his neck. For this, we will have to wait for the results of the soft tissue study to confirm whether the drowning is mechanical or not. So if the lack of oxygen that caused his death was caused by direct pressure on the neck, then that handkerchief was open under the neck, which would explain the presence of that clothing where it was found.
As reported Lift-EMVThe priest’s lifeless body lay face up on his bed, wearing only underwear and covered up to his torso. The only significant piece of clothing at the crime scene would be this very fabric..
strangulation marks
However, since asphyxiation has not yet been fully proven, the other possibility is still open: He was asphyxiated by suffocation, that is, he was strangled by covering his mouth and nose with some kind of element until he died. The thesis is supported by some signs that show that the incident was a murder due to drowning from the very first moment..
When this medical opinion came, agents murder group The Valencian National Police, which solved the case in record time, just 24 hours after the body was found, continues to complete the investigation to bring the person arrested for murder to justice, A 40-year-old man of Peruvian nationality, whose arrest was announced this Wednesday by Levante-EMV in its digital edition.
The defendant, who was currently arrested on Wednesday afternoon,He is being detained in one of the cells at the Zapadores police complex.and has not yet made a statement. In principle, he will most likely not be able to appear in court until Saturday morning.
Money withdrawn from accounts
According to reliable sources consulted by this newspaper, the arrested person, whose criminal record is unknown or where the lawman met him, is charged with murder and also fraud for withdrawing different amounts of money from his bank account. Alfonso Lopez Benito. This newspaper reported yesterday that the prisoner had a sexual relationship with the priest and would live in the priest’s house for days, as in previous cases.
As this newspaper reported yesterday, the murdered canon had been taking to his home men aged between 20 and 40, who had been in a state of social exclusion for years, with whom he had sexual intercourse in exchange for money. The movement of the men on the farm had led to parish complaints that forced the Archdiocese to intervene. despite Alfonso Lopez Benito He turned a deaf ear to what his superiors said and the police interventions.
Second home inspection
On the other hand, agents from the Science Police’s eye inspection group National Police They returned to the flat this afternoon Archdiocese of Valencia place of residence of the murdered canon pensioner Alfonso Lopez Benito, At number 22 Avellanas StreetIn the historical center of the city, Completion of the visual inspection of the house, which began Tuesday after the victim’s body was found..
Experts in crime scene processing and analysis thus came to the following conclusion: The work progressed after the body was removed and some parts of the house were explored.Even if it is equipped with a small chapel, Following the arrest of a 40-year-old man from a South American country who was the alleged perpetrator of the crimeHe only reported his arrest this Wednesday Lift-EMV.
T. Domínguez. Valencia
The Archdiocese of Valencia, which issued a statement yesterday to express its condolences to the cleric’s family and to reiterate its “interest” in shedding light on the priest’s murder, announced that it is dealing with the matter in the Valencian Court of Investigation No. 19, which is hearing the case. appearing as a special prosecutor, which would mean access to all judicial proceedings.
However, since they are not the direct family of the victim, the only way for them to take sides would be to come forward as a popular accusation. At this time, the court has not yet ruled on this claim.