The Murcia region is rocked by the first domestic violence case this year. A 19-year-old stabs his underage ex-girlfriend to death in Totana.
Totana – The region of Murcia* is rocked by a tragic case of domestic violence. On February 8, in the municipality of Totana, a 19-year-old man killed his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend with multiple stab wounds. The alleged motive: jealousy. The girl had previously separated and apparently refused to resume the relationship, according to local newspapers. The young man confessed to the crime, confirmed the government delegate for the Murcia region, José Vélez, as reported by costanachrichten.com *.
The girl’s body was found on the night of February 10, in a storage room in an underground car park of the apartment block in the center of Totana, where the 19-year-old lives with his mother and two underage siblings. He is said to have lured his ex-girlfriend into the garage and killed him under the pretext of wanting to give her things back.
| Murcia | region |
|---|---|
| surface | 11,313 km² |
| population | 1.488 million (2019) Eurostat |
| colleges and universities | University of Murcia, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia |
| capital Cities | Murcia, Cartagena |
The parents reported the 17-year-old missing after being unable to contact her. The search operation of the Murcia police, which was immediately initiated in the case of minors, quickly led to the ex-boyfriend, who initially claimed to know nothing.
Domestic violence in Murcia: 19-year-old perpetrator confesses to his mother killing the 17-year-old
Only a little later he confessed to his mother, who called the police again. Investigators broke down the closet door around 3am and also found the knife the 19-year-old had used to stab him, which he then hid in a gutter.
Like the perpetrator, the 17-year-old is of Ecuadorian origin. She is the first victim of domestic violence in the Murcia region this year and the third in Spain. At the end of December, a 25-year-old mother of two children in Elche (Alicante) was shot in the head by her ex-partner*. Since 2003, when victim registration began, 1,129 women have been killed by men, including 14 minors and seven aged 16 and 17. There were no charges of violence against the perpetrator of Totana. The Totana court has ordered the 19-year-old to be held in custody because of the risk of absconding.
Domestic violence case rocks Murcia: politicians condemn violence and machismo
The Murcia Regional Government, Totana and Águilas Town Halls held a minute’s silence and condemned domestic violence. The teenager’s murder is a reminder that society has many unresolved problems, and one of them is machismo, said Totana’s young mayor Pedro José Sánchez. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez tweeted that a 17-year-old woman had been murdered by a 19-year-old man. Machismo and violence must be eradicated and young people educated on equality in order to prevent such acts in good time.
In Torrevieja in Alicante, two women were murdered within a short space of time last year. A 68-year-old Finn was believed to have been killed and dismembered by her husband*. In the second case, a 35-year-old woman was killed by her partner in a loud, violent argument*. * costanachrichten.com is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
