An orthopedics salesman, Marcos F., He killed an octogenarian couple in August 2019Manuel and Piedad, in their apartment in the La Bordeta district of Barcelona. He met with them early that year and managed to sell them some of the mostly useless products he was offering. Through this relationship, he obtained their bank details and defrauded them. Among other things, register on a financial transaction platform, Paysend, and make two transfers with Manuel’s card. During one of his visits to the couple’s home, he took her and tried to withdraw money from several ATMs, but he could not because he did not have the password.
This was first carried out in an entity in Santander, close to home. He tried twice, pocketing 600 euros. But he entered the PIN code incorrectly. He then tried in Sant Boi de Llobregat, at a Caixabank ATM, but the same thing happened. Manuel, alerted by his bank, canceled the card and requested a new one. Given what happened, the couple demanded an explanation from Marcos, who was previously sentenced for fraud in 2017 to almost two years in prison.
The prosecution’s thesis, which requires permanent revisable prison For each of the murders, he killed them between August 16 and 19, to avoid detection. The prosecution claims that the individual not only attacked two vulnerable people, due to their age and state of health, but also attacked them, causing them “great suffering”.
It was a few days later, on August 24, that several neighbors alerted the emergency services due to the unbearable odor coming from their apartment. Inside, the Urban Guard, accompanied by the couple’s son, found the bodies, in an advanced state of decomposition. The autopsy revealed that they had been stabbed to death. The homicide unit of Mossos d’Esquadra took charge of the case and, thanks to the couple’s son, discovered that they had established a relationship with the salesman.
A year and a half later, on February 16, 2021, investigators arrested Marcos, then 51, on charges of the double offense. The individual attempted suicide by taking pills and spent a few days in hospital, after which he recovered and the Court of Instruction 3 of Barcelona ordered his entry into temporary prison. In addition to ending the life of Manual and Footthe individual took several pieces of jewelry from the apartment, which the agents located during the search of his home, therefore, in addition to fraud and murder with treason and cruelty, he is also accused of robbery with violence. The trial began this Monday, before the Barcelona court, with the constitution of the jury.
