The cliché goes that a killer returns to the scene of the crime. Sometimes it happens. More often, it’s stranger when the criminal returns not once but twice. Dilawar did exactly that, the killer of the three Gutiérrez Ayuso brothers from Morata de Tajuña, as reported by CASO ABIERTO, the investigative program of Prensa Ibérica.
The man confessed that the killings occurred on December 17, carried out in vengeance. He had lent the trio all his money and could no longer help his mother, who, in his version, died of hunger in Pakistan. On that morning, after the murders, he went back to Arganda del Rey, where he lived in a squat with other Pakistanis.
The Second Time
As time passed and the bodies remained undiscovered, five days later Dilawar decided, according to his own account, to return to the Gutiérrez Ayuso apartment where the bodies lay. He did so and stacked the corpses, attempting to burn them, supposedly with gasoline, but something went wrong and he left again.
In his confession, Dilawar insisted that he acted alone, without help. He does not drive, but says the trips to Morata were made on foot, crossing fields. The return journeys were by bus to Arganda del Rey, where he lived.
Two Sets of Footprints
The Civil Guard investigators sought an accomplice, especially after spotting two different footprints at the crime scene. But Dilawar explained it this way. On the first day, when he killed the three brothers, he wore a certain pair of shoes; when he returned five days later, he wore different footwear. That is why two distinct footprints appeared at the site of the murders.
The Third Day
Dilawar would return once more to the scene of the triple killings. On Thursday January 18, a month and one day after the crimes, and after neighbors reported not seeing the Gutiérrez Ayuso brothers, local police and the Civil Guard entered the house and found all three bodies. The area quickly filled with neighbors, associates, investigators, and curious onlookers. Among them stood Dilawar, nearby, confirming that his vendetta had reached its mark and that the world now knew about it. Three days later, he went to the Civil Guard barracks and surrendered, declaring, “I am the murderer of Morata.”