RachelThe 54-year-old woman found dead in strange circumstances on Sunday in her villa in Villalbilla (Madrid), and her husband César were parishioners of the Hare KrishnaThe famous religious entity of Hindu origin has the largest community in Spain in Brihuega, Guadalajara. And there the drama did not go unnoticed. They knew her and remembered her. Even though they were not directly associated with the farm in La Mancha, Yes, they had been attending the movement’s center in Madrid for “the last two years.”.
This newspaper published a detailed report last weekend on life on the Alcarria farm where dozens of Krishna conscious people reside permanently. It was a member of this community who confirmed to EL ESPAÑOL that the deceased and her companion had been initiated into this religious faith.They had contact with our center in Madridas parishioners and occasionally volunteered,” he explains.
A few days ago, this same person received a “message from WhatsApp asking her if she had come to our farm in Brihuega because she had been missing from home for a few days and the police were looking for her.” Raquel disappeared on August 31 in the city of Madridlocated in the east of the Community of Madrid.
It was Caesar who reported the disappearance. Today, he is being held in a case that is the responsibility of Court of Violence against Women Number 1 of Alcalá de Henareswhile the Ministry of Equality collects data on possible sexist crimes.
Following the husband’s advice, the SOS Disappeared Persons association and the National Center for Missing Persons They raised the alert to try to find the location of the woman.
César reported to the Civil Guard that, on the day of the disappearance, Raquel had left Villalbilla to visit her mother in Griñón, another town in Madrid. But he had not returned to Villalbilla’s home, located on Avenida del Romero. Apparently, this visit to his mother never took place. The agents began the investigation and ended up finding the lifeless body of the parishioner in a closed and soundproof room in your home. A kind of dungeon.
The body was lying on the bed. He was foaming at the mouth and there were pill packets nearby.The woman showed no signs of violence and the main hypothesis is that she could have died of an overdose, judicial sources told this newspaper. It is not known whether the husband was involved in the death or not. Raquel’s and other evidence is being collected to clarify this point. But they arrested him on the same Sunday when he tried to flee the house when he saw the officers. According to Efe,The woman had made two suicide attempts before her disappearance.
“Rare and nice”
Neither Cesar, 60 years old, nor Raquel have been included in the VioGén system. They had no children together and he had already been married to another couple in the past. Both had bought their wealthy house in Villalbina “shortly before the pandemic,” say the neighbors consulted.
In statements to Madrid Total, the neighborhood repeats an adjective to describe them: they were “strange.” She is described as a “very calm” and “reserved” person. And he, as a “very sharp” manOf course, the two men were “friendly” and there were signs of a possible abusive relationship, according to testimonies collected in the neighborhood.
“I hope that the police and doctors will soon clarify what happened. I am very sorry for Raquel’s death and I share the pain of her family and loved ones, to whom I extend my affection and support with everything in my power,” says the aforementioned member of the Hare Krishna of Brihuega, the same one who remembers how Cesar and Raquel were initiated into the hand movement of a now deceased Hindu monk.
