18 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00
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Horror in Spain after man records himself digging up and beheading his dead brother before sending video to his mother

SPAIN is in shock after a man recorded himself digging up and beheading his dead brother before sending the video to his mother and walking around town with it. 

A man in Murcia has been arrested after digging up and beheading his brother in Aguilas, Murcia. 

It is said he filmed the horrific act on his phone and sent it to his mother.

Upon receiving the images, she reported the incident to the police, but her son was already walking around the town holding his deceased brother’s head. 

The man has been apprehended and charged with desecration of a corpse

The man is believed to suffer from mental health issues. 

His brother had died three years earlier and he was not involved in his death. 

He has now been arrested, charged with desecration of a corpse. 

However, he has not gone to jail but the Rafael Mendez Psychiatric Hospital. 

After the mother reported the crime, agents went to the cemetery, where they discovered the open grave and headless body. 

It is expected that he will be tried and placed in a psychiatric prison facility to receive treatment. 

The gruesome events mirror a similar occurrence which also took place in Murcia 16 years ago. 

In 2008, Angelo Carotenuto beat his mother to death after she refused to lend him €100.

He then decapitated her body and walked through their town, Santomera, Murcia, holding it.

Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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