Two years and three months after his disappearance, the Mossos d’Esquadra They arrested Carlos, ex-partner of Monique de la Llanaas alleged perpetrator of his death and the subsequent concealment of the bodyas his sister, María Jesús, confirmed to ABC. Investigators managed to dismantle the alibi of the individual, now aged 53, after an “exhaustive analysis” of mobile phone data, which made it possible to dismantle his contradictions. It was like this Tuesday, Police arrested Carlos in Barcelona and now the investigating court of Valls has ordered his entry into prison, communicated and without bail. The file is open for homicide, hiding the body and physical and psychological violence.
Investigators have “conclusive material evidence” that allows them to link the subject to Mónica’s disappearance. Among these, emphasize the Mossos, “items that someone under normal circumstances would never give up“. From now on, investigations are still open to try to find the woman’s body.
On Thursday July 21, 2022, the Monica’s phone stopped sending a signal. That afternoon I had met a friend for lunch. “In the end you didn’t come, you’ll tell me why you couldn’t come.” There was no response. A few days before, he had told her: “I’ll tell you what’s happening to me.” The last time anyone spoke to him was the day before. “Tomorrow I’ll go get some clothes from your house,” he wrote to a friend, but he didn’t show up either. She did not respond and it did not seem strange to them because, as her sister explained to this newspaper, it was something normal for her. “It was difficult to follow in his footsteps.”
Mónica had moved with her recent partner, Carlos, to a small town in Priorat.La Morera de Montsant, with just over a hundred inhabitants. She had no job, although she worked sporadically as a waitress in a restaurant. That weekend, while he was lost, he had a service planned at a bar in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona). Alarms went off when, after her mother told her she was going to have surgery, Monica didn’t contact her either. Sometimes he stopped showing signs for days, but his family saw that he was active on social media and that’s how they knew he was okay. “When I saw that he hadn’t shared anything and hadn’t logged into WhatsApp since July 21, I said ‘this isn’t normal’.” Her friends didn’t know anything about her either,” María Jesús said a few months ago. In fact, her ex-partner alerted her mother, Teresa. “I don’t know anything about Monica, the last day I told her I spoke was on the 18th, on Telegram, it’s strange that she doesn’t answer me, I don’t know anything about her.” This is how they formalized the complaint at the Los Angeles police station. Mossos d’Esquadra from Valls (Tarragona).
Monica needed medication for asthma and also for an arrhythmia. He didn’t take it with himand the Catalan police did not detect any movement indicating that he could have acquired it later. Although he was the last person to see her, Carlos, her companion, did not contact the family and did not alert the Mossos. In his statement, he told investigators that on July 21 he left her at the bus stop in a nearby town, Cornudella de Montsant. He explained that he took her there at two in the afternoon so she could go to work. According to the family, it was a lie, Monica didn’t need to work that day.
Monica’s entourage suspected Carlos due to previous mistreatment and lack of interest in finding her. He didn’t even contact the family after his disappearance
The driver refused Mónica to board his bus. His cell phone didn’t leave La Morera either.where his last signal is. Since then, no movement has been recorded on their bank accounts either. Although the family does not know Carlos, Mónica’s friends do and assure that the relationship between the two was “quite stormy”. In fact, they recall an incident in which he left her “lying” at the gas station in the town bordering where they lived. Her sister has audio recordings that capture the abuse of Mónica by the individual.although she never reported it, but now the court is also investigating him for this.
For all this, Those around him suspected Carlosnot only because of the couple’s history of fighting, but because of their attitude. During all this time, he had not contacted his family. He also did not contact the police. Ultimately, the investigation led to his arrest and subsequent imprisonment, although Mónica’s body has still not been found.
