A 68-year-old man residing in a Vitoria elderly center, with a violent past for the murder of his father in the 1980s, was arrested accused of murdering 94-year-old woman this morning who lived in this same residence. According to the investigation sources, the detainee andHe was tried more than 35 years ago for this crime of murder and was diagnosed with psychiatric disorders.
The events occurred this morning, while the elderly people who live in the IMQ Igurco Araba residence, located at number 9 Salvatierrabide Street in Vitoria, were sleeping. After four in the morning, the staff of this private center informed the Ertzaintza that one of the users had attacked them with a sharp object to another elderly resident and seriously injured his face.
Alerted by health services, the woman was initially treated by health personnel from an ambulance, but was later transferred to Txagorritxu hospital from the capital of Alava, where he later died.
Upon receipt of the notice, the Basque police visited the site and inspected the facilities of the senior center. Officers entered users’ rooms and searched for the attacker, according to one of the residents. Not finding him, they A search operation was launched in the city. given the possibility that he had fled and they finally located him hidden in a bathroom from a cloakroom in the residence itself.
The man was arrested as a suspect in the crime of homicide and is in police stations while waiting to be brought to justice, while the Ertzaintza keeps the investigation open to clarify what happened.
What happened this morning shocked this centerwhere this morning the Basque police officers were collecting evidence in the middle of the entrances and exits of the premises of the family members, some of whom, according to what they said, learned about what happened through the media. One of these close friends explained that she knew the detainee and that She was ‘terrified’ to meet him in an elevator from the center because he spent all his time looking at her.
“I am horrified,” she admitted, while stressing that she did not know that the alleged attacker had a criminal record. The daughter of another resident said that the center’s psychologist called her because her mother was one of the people who often visited this professional and that she was “very affected.”
According to him, around four in the morning, the police entered his mother’s room and looked for the attacker in the bathroom. At that time, they still didn’t know what was going on until it was later brought together and explained. Another relative also said he knew the detainee. “He was one of the youngest residents, I had seen him before and I had no problems with him. He seemed normal to me,” said.
In the morning, Basque Security confirmed what had happened. One of the first to mourn the death of this elderly woman was the Basque security advisor, Bingen Zupiria, who presented the condolences of the Basque Government to the family and loved ones of the nonagenarian and described this event as “terrible”.
The IMQ group did not want to clarify further details about what happened inside the center “out of respect for the legal process and to protect the privacy of everyone involved”, but acknowledged that he had no evidence that there was an incident between the murdered elderly woman and her previously alleged attacker.
IMQ regretted this “unfortunate event” in a press release. which caused “deep shock” to the center and showed its “deep dismay and sadness”. He also conveyed his sincere condolences and full support to the family of the deceased resident.
“From the center the maximum collaboration with the police and the judicial investigation to clarify what happened,” said IMQ, which launched an emotional support service for family members, residents and workers, managed by specialized professionals.
