Eighteen months after locating the bodies of Manuel and Piedad, the Mossos d’Esquadra They arrested the suspect double crime: a seller, convicted of fraud, who had sold health products to marriage of octogenarians stabbed to death in his apartment in Barcelona. The entry to the house was not forced and there were no signs of struggle on their bodies. The investigators’ investigations led to Marcos F., whose trail they began to follow after finding some invoices in the house. When the Homicide group had enough evidence, on February 16, 2021, they were arrested. ARRO agents searched his home in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor at seven in the morning. During the search, they handcuffed his hands behind his back and, after detecting “erratic behavior», one of the police officers activated his personal camera. “He insisted, making a big deal, as if he were drowning, that he needed Ventolin. [medicamento para el asma] and saying that he was not comfortable”, and that is how they agreed to “chain him” from the front.
“Everything seemed normal,” until the inmate saw investigators. “Then he became very nervous, saying he needed medicine placed on a piece of furniture.“. He did not have a prescription, the pills were not in a box allowing them to be identified, which is why the head of the operation notified the Emergency Medical Service (SEM) so that a health can assess the condition of Marcos F. who, after having deceived the agents with his alleged drowning and by asking not to be handcuffed behind the back, He managed to grab one of the capsules and swallow it.. After about twenty minutes, he entered “a state of drowsiness.” “He fell asleep in the chair.” Eventually he was taken to hospital where he fell into a coma. had ingested scopolaminealso known as burundanga. There he was taken into custody and, a few days later, restored and brought to court, he was imprisoned.
Since Monday, he has been in the dock at the Barcelona court for the double murder. The charges seek two final reviewable prison sentences for two counts of murder with teaching and treason. They think he killed Manual and Foot after knowing they had been stolen, to avoid detection. This morning, during the fourth session of the trial, ARRO agents detailed how the individual attempted suicide after arresting him at his home.
Among the evidence held against him: having pawned the jewelry that the couple stole. The first of them, on August 17, 2019, a day after the date he allegedly killed them. Previously, money was transferred from Manuel’s account and he attempted to make several withdrawals using his card at two ATMs. One near the couple’s home and another in Sant Boi. He did not receive it because he did not have the PIN code.
When the old man found out, he reported her stolen and sent her away. It was August 7. The last time they saw him alive was on the 16th, after he left his bank again – to collect the new card – as security camera footage shows. That afternoon, according to his cell phone location, Marcos was at the couple’s home between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. No one saw them alive again. It was a neighbor who called the urban police because of the stench coming from her apartment. It was already the 24th. The agents, accompanied by the sons of the octogenarians, discovered their bodies in an advanced state of decomposition.
Fact that, as certified by the scientific agents, made it impossible to locate the DNA of his possible attacker. The victims were in the living room. Piedad, in an armchair -which they had bought from Marcos F.-. Manuel, right next to him. They had been stabbed more than a dozen times. They met with the salesperson in March. Her health had deteriorated, after beating breast cancer, she suffered a stroke and never left the house. Her husband, with the intention of serving her as best as possible, began to buy the products that Manuel F. offered him and thus they began a relationship. In fact, between then and the date of his death, they exchanged 50 calls. The last one, two days before the crime.
The trial will continue this Friday, with more experts.
