An eighteen-year-old young man, arrested for the death of a 75-year-old woman in Segrià

The Mossos d'Esquadra have arrested an eighteen-year-old man this Monday in Soses (Segrià) because he is allegedly linked to the crime of a 75-year-old woman. The victim was found dead on Saturday night in a cornfield in the same municipality in the province of Lleida. The police located the victim after receiving a notification that same night reporting the disappearance of a woman in this town.

According to sources consulted by ARA, the arrested man for the crime is a fruit field worker in the area, and he is eighteen years old. The same sources indicate that the woman went to walk the dog in this area of fields, but did not return. She had left around a quarter to eight in the evening, and the dog ended up returning to the village alone. This alerted the neighbors and relatives of the victim, who went out to look for her. They also notified the police of her disappearance, and the alert arrived around 10:45 PM.

Finally, the agents found her an hour later, around 11:45 PM. The woman's body was in a cornfield next to the LP-7041 road coming from Aitona. Right from the start, the agents who located the body confirmed that it was a death with signs of violence. According to sources consulted by ARA, the woman was allegedly killed by cutting her throat with a glass bottle. For now, the motive for the crime is not entirely clear. In fact, a priori, the perpetrator and the victim did not know each other, according to the consulted sources.

Three days of mourning

On Sunday, the City Council announced the woman's death through the municipal public address system spread throughout the town, and also convened a minute of silence on the same day at 12 noon. In addition, the council has decreed three days of official mourning for this death.

The case is under judicial secrecy and the Criminal Investigation Division (DIC) of the Mossos d'Esquadra is in charge of the police investigation.

According to the Mossos d'Esquadra, the detainee will not be brought before the court this Tuesday. The forecast is that it will not happen at least until Wednesday or even Thursday, once the police interrogations are finished.