The head of the Investigative Court 3 of Valencia, acting as incident guard, has decreed the entry into provisional prison, communicated and without bail of the detainee for the death of a canon of the Cathedral of the city.
The detainee is being investigated in an open case, initially and without prejudice to further qualification, for a crime of homicide and a crime of fraud. The judge on duty has agreed to recuse himself from the proceedings in favor of the Investigative Court 19, competent to continue the investigation.
Both the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the private prosecution, carried out by the Archbishopric, have requested entry into prison “due to the seriousness of the facts, the evidence that appears in the proceedings and the risk of escape, given the irregular situation of the detainee.” as reported by the Public Ministry.
The lifeless body of the 80-year-old priest was found on Tuesday morning with signs of violence in his home on Avellanas Street, in the historic center of Valencia and very close to the cathedral, while the arrest of the suspect took place. place this Wednesday afternoon.
