“I saw him steal my face. He grabbed my face and my body and stabbed the child, but it wasn’t me.” The authorities treated the claims with caution, stressing that the young man suffers from 70% mental retardation, a factor that could be decisive in understanding the nature of his actions.
CCTV cameras played a crucial role in identifying the young man, as he had a habit of staying indoors and not socialising with anyone, meaning few neighbours knew him. The footage also made it possible to follow his trail after leaving the crime scene.
Following the confession, Spain’s Civil Guard focused its efforts on finding the murder weapon, which the newspaper reported ABC— It is the knife that Juan Francisco claims to have thrown into a ditch near the sports center. Several teams, including the Special Underwater Activities Group (GEAS), have worked tirelessly to locate the weapon, draining the canal and using specialized equipment to extract mud and find metal objects on the bottom of the canal. However, the knife has not yet been found.
The young man had a good knowledge of the sports centre and its surroundings, which allowed him to enter through a broken fence that few people knew about. The initial theory that he fled by car was ruled out, as records confirm that he left the scene on foot.
Juan Francisco, although he lived in Madrid with his mother and younger brother, spent time in Mocejón, where his father and grandmother lived. According to the young man himself, it was to the latter’s house that the young man went after the crime, changing his clothes before his father picked him up to take him to mass.
The crime that took place last Sunday, August 18, resulted in the death of 11-year-old Mateo, the only child attacked by the killer, while playing football at the sports complex. Mateo was eventually rescued at the scene, but he did not survive the 11 stab wounds, three of which were fatal to the chest.
Author: Morning mail
Source: CM Jornal
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