Jail for killing the woman in Baix Camp: a video of the victim and alibi dismantled

BarcelonaSomeone left the body in that ravine between eight and ten in the morning. That's the two-hour window between two neighbors passing by that spot. The first saw nothing; the second discovered the lifeless body of a 39-year-old woman. The crime scene is Riudecanyes, in the Baix Camp region. The date of the events is September 8, 2025. However, initially it didn't appear to be a homicide: everything pointed to suicide.

The plot twist came on Wednesday, when the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) arrested the victim's husband for a gender-based crime. The police investigation has concluded that he killed her. The Catalan government has already confirmed this latest femicide, the eleventh of 2025. Since 2012, there have been 158 femicides. Four children have been left motherless as a result of this crime.

This Friday, after appearing before a judge, the man was remanded in custody. What happened during these two months? Much evidence pointed to this 49-year-old man, who lived with his wife and four children in an apartment in the town, which has fewer than 1,500 inhabitants. The first thing the police do when investigating a case, whether it's a crime, a disappearance, or a suicide, is to speak with people close to the victim.

According to the court order, several family members and friends warned that the couple's relationship was strained. They reported financial difficulties, that many people lived in a small apartment, and that arguments were frequent. Some witnesses even stated that the wife intended to separate from her husband after the summer. She criticized him for not working enough and for their precarious living conditions. A video provided by a relative further focused attention on her husband. It showed the victim secretly recording an argument. The man is holding a knife. She asks him if he plans to kill her, and he replies that yes, "he's going to kill her and eliminate her."

Contradictions in the story

The husband, now arrested for the crime, also gave a statement shortly after the body was found. In fact, he and his brother arrived covered in blood, samples of which are being analyzed. The brother claimed that he often had nosebleeds. In any case, the detainee, in his initial statement, said he left home at 8:15 a.m. to go to the Riudecanyes recycling center to take out the trash and that when he returned about 20 minutes later, his wife wasn't home. He said he waited at home until 10:00 a.m. and then went out to look for her in town. At 11:40 a.m., he went to the Cambrils police station with his children to report her disappearance. The man's statements contradicted many things as the days passed, but the most relevant evidence was that which dismantled his alibi.

The security cameras at the Riudecanyes recycling center did not corroborate his version: he was not there that morning. And the mobile phone's location data also gave him away: he wasn't at his designated recycling center, but rather near the ravine where the woman's body was found. Another witness further contradicted his story: his eldest daughter. The minor explained to the judge this Friday that she saw her mother leave the house around 7:00 a.m. that morning, and that her father left about 10 or 15 minutes later. The man returned at 9:00 a.m. wearing different clothes, which could have belonged to his brother. With all this evidence, the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) decided to arrest the man. After the arrest, they analyzed his vehicle, where they found blood samples that could belong to the victim. The main hypothesis is that the man killed her at a location yet to be determined and then took her to the ravine, which is located directly below a bridge, to abandon her and stage a suicide. Once before the judge, the man exercised his right to remain silent. The judge ordered him to be remanded in custody. Among the reasons are the seriousness of the crimes and the risk of the man fleeing his country of origin.