“He killed me, he shot me… I’m dead.” Those were Alicia’s last words before her death. It is early morning on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2021. Her daughter held her as they stood on the street while a neighbour, drawn by what looked like a violent dispute, watched in alarm. When the woman collapsed, the neighbour rushed forward to help, and a man in a nightgown fought to stay with her. Despite the struggle, 52-year-old Alicia, born in Portugal, could not be saved. She whispered to her child, “Hold on, mom, you won’t die.”
He died minutes later. The murder happened at the doorway of his home on West Street in Majadahonda, a quiet residential area of chalets. His wife, JAFD, a scrap metal dealer by trade, remained inside. The house was locked and the husband was described as semi-conscious at times, making the situation tense for responders from the Civil Guard’s Citizen Security Division who later removed him from the scene.
He faces four charges: murder, attempted murder, threats and illegal possession of weapons. The case is being heard in a popular jury trial that began on November 6 in the Madrid Court’s 27th Department. In the opening phase, the first witnesses have testified. The Office of the Prosecutor and the Community of Madrid agree that, on February 14, the scrap metal dealer shot and killed his wife and attempted to kill his daughter. The prosecutor is seeking a 40-year prison sentence.
Violence and terror
February 13, 2021. Alicia, who had undergone eye surgery days earlier, hosted all five children at the chalet. Only two of the children are still married and alive. The family shared a meal as tensions rose. “My father was anxious, very agitated,” four of the children recalled during the initial stage of the hearing. After the meal, insults began. Threats followed: “This will end, it will end here.”
Everyone recalls another constant fear in the home. The words fear, violence and terror shaped daily life for years. Alicia tried to calm them, noting that recovery from surgery would not help her in the moment. They began to leave the house around 6:30 pm. Everyone left except A., who testified anonymously and witnessed the night’s events firsthand as the son who would later become a key witness after his mother’s death.
A knife
A. testified behind closed doors during the second hearing. His account, shared with Prensa Ibérica’s investigative portal CASO ABIERTO, vividly describes the moment the argument escalated, his mother’s pleas, and the confrontation with his father. The scene was a tangle of fear, struggle and desperate attempts to intervene.
Media reports note that the Madrid Homicide Group of the Civil Guard investigated the day’s events. The daughter, A., who learned of the argument, reportedly forced the bedroom bolt open, rushed to aid her mother, and confronted her father. She described finding Alicia and her husband grappling on the bed. The daughter moved toward her father to intervene, but the violence did not stop. The daughter recalls pleading with her father to drop the weapon.
Prosecutors assert that the husband shot his wife. When the mother and daughter tried to take the gun away, it dropped to the floor. Alicia retreated to the kitchen for a knife, while the husband allegedly attempted to strangle the daughter, slammed her head against the wall, shattered her left hand with the knife, and shot the daughter in the left thigh. The mother and daughter managed to escape by injuring the suspect, and Alicia collapsed in the street shortly thereafter.
“I’d leave it dry if I wanted to.”
Alicia died, and the father, JAFD, went into shock. The 62-year-old was confined in the chalet, while the young woman received hospital treatment. Forensic documentation reveals multiple injuries, including two gunshot wounds and seven stab wounds. Reports indicate the father may have suffered self-inflicted wounds after the killings, though this claim was contested. He spent twenty days in temporary detention following his discharge.
He faced murder charges and again spoke of himself as the victim during proceedings. He claimed to have acquired the gun from a warehouse and insisted he fired only to scare, not to kill. He said his wife and daughter then seized the weapon, and that she had shot herself as he lay on the floor.
When asked about the vaccines they had received, he remained evasive, suggesting others should verify. He described himself as answering only to his lawyer during recent court sessions and again denied the facts of the case.
Statements from the scene described a dramatic attack on a 52-year-old woman and a 62-year-old man left in serious condition after being shot and stabbed. A hospital transfer to Puerta de Hierro followed, while the family’s two daughters, now grown, endured anxious moments. The 112 Community of Madrid posted the event on social media during the crisis.
A life full of violence
Friends and family recall that Alicia’s life was shadowed by threats and humiliation. The couple’s love story had long since soured, leaving a legacy of fear that affected multiple generations. Five years earlier, Alicia had left for Portugal with the children, seeking respite, only to return under a cloud of intimidation. The family describes a repeated pattern of danger, with one gathering after another turning into a courtroom drama.
“Every time we went to Portugal, the demands began with tying up my mother, beating her, and watching from the car.”
Fear, threat, terror—these words echo through the courtroom as one of the oldest daughters recounts a childhood shadowed by violence. She recalls a moment when, as a child around 12, the father beat the mother, then grabbed a gun from the minibus and pointed it at her head. A shot rang out, wounding him.
They describe growing up under constant threat and never reporting it for fear of reprisal. Family members recount holidays in Portugal marked by intimidation, and one daughter recalls a mountain scene where the father forced the mother to stand, tie her up, and be beaten, all witnessed from the family car. The testimony is marked by visible emotion as the daughter reflects on the long-term impact.
Jealousy, obsession, and control were cited as driving forces in the deteriorating marriage. The family notes that the father claimed his quarrel stemmed from tuberculosis, while the son testified, years later, that he never used drugs; instead, he described “drugs” as the simple acts of smoking, drinking coffee or watching television.
Neighbors described attempts to intervene. A neighbor who tried to help recalled that Alicia was pleading for mercy even as the situation grew worse. The neighbor bandaged wounds at the request of emergency responders. Alicia maintained that she would die, and she claimed to have shot him. When the Civil Guard arrived, they secured the area and prepared to gain access by phone as the situation unfolded. The special unit later extracted the suspect from the house. The neighbor remembers a moment of uncertainty about the man’s state of consciousness.
JAFD contends that he withdrew the gun out of fear of being robbed at home. He described the home as a quiet area and mentioned purchasing the weapon on the black market, noting that it was palm-sized with the serial number removed. His children attest that he always kept the weapon and used it as a means of intimidation.
The trial continues in Madrid, with criminalists, forensics experts and members of USECIC scheduled to testify in the coming sessions. The couple’s children, emotionally scarred, attend every session at the Provincial Court, awaiting the verdict.