The press conference held by the Thai investigators before the media last Tuesday to discuss the case of Daniel Sancho clarified something important: that it would be a premeditated murder and that the Spaniard acted alone to presumably end the life of Edwin Arrieta.
However, one of the key data in this story would be the motivation for the crime, why. According to the cook, in statements to the police, the murder occurred because the victim threatened him and he felt extorted. But, as the researchers have confirmed to NBC News in the last few hours, the mobile would go further. Apparently, Daniel “was going to marry someone else” and, therefore, needed to break all relations with the surgeon.
This Thursday, and after ten days of quarantine due to covid protocol, Daniel Sancho ends his isolation period and will be able to be visited in the Koh Samui prison, in southern Thailand, both by staff from the Spanish Embassy and by his family. In fact, the defendant’s mother, Silvia Bronchalo, was traveling to the Asian country, as confirmed yesterday by the En boca de todos program.
Let us remember that, during this stage in the prison infirmary, the cook could only meet with his lawyers and prison staff. One of the most frequent visits was the prison director himself to make sure that the prisoner was in perfect condition.
Premeditated murder without accomplices. This is the conclusion reached by the Thai police during their investigation into the death of Edwin Arrieta. A death that occurred during a fight and in which the Spanish stabbed the Colombian in the chest. Although the result of the victim’s autopsy is yet to be known.
One of the pieces of information that was still in the air was the possible motive for the crime. However, police captain Sucheep Chadakarn confirmed this motivation to NBC News: “Sancho told investigators that he had a fight with Arrieta last Wednesday after he asked him to break up because he was going to marry someone else.”
“He said that if the conversation did not go well, he thought he was going to have to kill him because he had a partner waiting for him to get married,” the aforementioned media reported. So this would be the reason that started the fight between the accused of murder and the victim in the bungalow in Thailand.
It should be remembered that, at that time, as the Spaniard explained in his statements, he had been in a relationship with his girlfriend Laura for five years. In this way, the researchers explain that this would be the reason why Daniel wanted to end his relationship with Edwin. A piece of the puzzle of a crime that still has many questions to be resolved.
