The National Police is investigating the deaths of a woman and a man, who could be a couple, found this Friday in Torre del Mar, a town that belongs to the municipality of Vélez Málaga, as a possible sexist murder, and the main hypothesis is that she could have been strangled. and the man has signs of hanging in what could be a sexist crime.
The 57-year-old woman was found dead inside her home, where she had lived with her partner for approximately a year, according to sources close to the investigation.
Shortly after this first discovery, the body of a man was located nearby and the agents suspect that he is the woman’s partner and that he could have taken his own life, although they are waiting for his identity to be confirmed.
In the first visual inspection, which continues, the agents have found signs that make them suspect that the woman could have been strangled and that later the man, after leaving the property, has strangled himself, although we have to wait for the bodies to be removed and the subsequent autopsies.
Emergencies 112 Andalusia received a call from an individual, who identified himself as a family, around 8:30 a.m., alerting of the death of a woman due to assault in a home in Vélez-Málaga, so the National Police were notified and the health services of 061, who could only confirm his death.
For her part, the Minister of Social Inclusion, Youth, Families and Equality, Loles López, referred this Friday to the macabre, stating that “whatever is confirmed, we are talking about a death, which is why I am extremely disgusted” and He explained that “we have activated the resources so that the moment they tell us to act, we act.”
López has indicated that they are waiting for the Delegation of the Government of Spain to confirm it as a possible case of gender violence. “I am tremendously respectful of the professionals so that they can carry out their work and of the institutions, therefore, caution because confirmation is up to them,” he said, while specifying that, in any case, “what is confirmed is confirmed.” confirm we are talking about a death, so, my utmost rejection and an essential issue, which is what corresponds to us; we already have activated the resources so that the moment they tell us to act, act.”
He stressed that “the first resource that we always activate is the binomial, which is the pair of professionals and psychologists who travel to the place where the victim or family members are so that they receive that first attention that they need,” he detailed. Therefore, the Andalusian counselor has confirmed that “we are in contact with them, waiting for their call to start acting,” she concluded.
