A couple has been arrested for the murder of the woman's ex-husband, whose body they hid in a septic tank.

BarcelonaThe Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) have arrested a 48-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man for allegedly killing her ex-partner in July of last year. The body of the victim, a 50-year-old man, was found in a septic tank at a house where the arrested man had lived. The arrested woman had been the victim's partner until 2022, when they separated and he filed a domestic abuse complaint against her. Investigators have placed the date of the crime on July 14, 2024. On July 23, the man's family reported him missing at the Viladecans police station. The Mossos d'Esquadra investigation concluded that it was a homicide and that someone had hidden the body after killing him. The police investigation also revealed evidence against the two arrested individuals, who were a couple at the time of the crime. The two suspects were arrested yesterday morning. After their statements before the El Vendrell Court of Instruction Number 5, which has taken charge of the case, the police located and recovered the victim's body—still pending official identification—which had been hidden in a septic tank at a house in Sant Jaume de Domenys (Baix Penedès) where the victim had recently been living. Agents from the Criminal Investigation Division (DIC) and specialists from the Scientific Police, the Underground Unit, and the Mobile Brigade participated in this operation. The Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan Police) highlighted the risks involved in this type of operation, especially the possibility of oxygen deprivation or the presence of toxic gases, which is why agents trained and equipped to work in confined spaces with hazardous atmospheres were deployed.