Second femicide in less than 24 hours in the State

BarcelonaAfter the murder of a woman in Huelva at the hands of her ex-partner was confirmed on Monday, the National Police are investigating another femicide this Tuesday, this time in Zaragoza, involving a 49-year-old woman. The alleged perpetrator is her partner, with whom she lived, who has already been arrested, according to the Government Delegation in Aragon. In addition, the Ministry of Equality also confirmed another femicide in Alicante on October 24th. With these three femicides, the total number of women murdered by partners or ex-partners this year has risen to 36. None of the three murdered women had filed previous complaints, nor were they registered in the VioGen system, which records cases of violence against women. In the case of Zaragoza, the government delegate in Aragon, Fernando Beltrán, explained to the media that neighbors of the couple raised the alarm early in the morning after hearing arguments inside a home. A patrol arrived at the apartment, and the officers had to use force because the man refused to let them in. There, the police found the woman with several stab wounds and, despite attempts to save her life, they were unable to revive her. The National Police have arrested the suspected perpetrator of the homicide, and the investigation has been handed over to the judicial police. The Zaragoza City Council has declared a day of mourning.

This case comes just 24 hours after it became known The murder of a 47-year-old woman in Moguer, HuelvaThe homicide is being investigated as a gender-based violence crime after the victim's coworkers found her body with signs of violence—including stab wounds—and her ex-partner was arrested as the suspected perpetrator. The woman's daughter had previously reported threats made by the detainee against her mother to the police after learning she was going to marry her current partner. The Moguer Court of First Instance Number 1, which has jurisdiction over cases of violence against women, ordered the provisional detention without bail of the 56-year-old man arrested as the alleged perpetrator of his ex-partner's murder on Tuesday. According to the High Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA), it will be during the investigation phase that it will be determined whether the events constitute the crime of homicide or murder. The case is currently under seal. The Spanish government also confirmed on Tuesday that the murder of a 37-year-old woman in Alicante was a gender-based crime. The victim's body was found in an advanced state of decomposition on October 24; therefore, it is estimated that the murder was committed during the first days of last month. Following the discovery of the body, the victim's partner was arrested as the suspected perpetrator of the crime, and another man was arrested as an accomplice.