“I will survive the necessary time, which spring gives it, to my almond trees and your kisses, to my lips”. This is one of the last lines she wrote on her profile on a social network Jose Lapazthe Valencian lawyer and poet beaten to death in his chalet in Llíria, in the region of Camp of Turiaafter a party held on the last night of San Juan.
José, 56, was enthusiastic about Valencia and participated in many of the activities organized throughout the city. His family comes from a small town in Granadabut he was born in Valencia and was deeply rooted in the seaside neighborhoods of the city, such as Grau or Cabañal.
Jose’s life was taken from him on the night of June 23 of this year. This week, six months after the crime, the Guardia Civil arrested three people, all of them Spanish nationalityfor his alleged involvement in a murder that has shaken the quiet life of the residents of his urbanization.
[Tres detenidos por el asesinato de un abogado tras una fiesta en su chalé la noche de San Juan]
The arrests took place this Wednesday in Llíria and in the Valencian municipality of Alberic, as confirmed to EL ESPAÑOL by sources familiar with the proceedings, and the three are expected to go to court in the next few days.
The autopsy revealed that José is dead from a severe blow to the head. The main hypothesis that the investigators manage is that, before the murder, there was a discussion, because at home much of the furniture was found destroyed and the house was in disarray as if there had been a burglary.
The lawyer’s body bore several injuries consistent with a scuffle, and the offenders exercised a great violence on his body. The house was a mess and it looked like a robbery had taken place. but neither the lock on the front door nor the windows were forced. The Guardia Civil practically excluded from the outset that this was the motive for the crime.
Joseph had three sons and his passion was poetry. He wrote his works in Spanish and Valencian, participated in numerous poetry recitals and published a book, my old house.
The victim had separated and now had a new partner. She studied law at the University of Valencia (UV), but now has not practiced and has worked for 20 years years as chief operating officer in telecommunications companies.
According to residents consulted by this newspaper, the people who attended the party were either unknown or part of their usual circle of friends.
The lawsuit is under secret summary and the investigation continues, therefore other arrests are not excludedaccording to sources in the investigation.
The find
Some relatives found José’s lifeless body on the morning of Saturday 24 June. The victim normally resided in Valencia, but she had moved into the house that her parents have in the urbanisation White Mountain of Llíriaquiet area well connected by road full of detached houses with gardens.
His parents had gone to the city of Granada where they were born to spend a few days on vacation and knew nothing about their son. José was left alone in Llíria’s house and did not answer her mother’s insistent calls. The absence of news raised all the alarms.
For this reason, the mother called some close relatives who had the keys to the house, neighbors in the area, so that they returned home on the morning of June 24th and checked that everything was fine.
Upon arrival they found a real scene of terror. José’s body lay on the living room floor, face down and surrounded by a large pool of blood. The furniture was destroyed and the house was turned upside down.
The agents found several empty alcohol bottles and used glasses. Research indicates this the party was the moment before the crime and that the suspects left the house soon after. Neighbors said they heard a lot of noise and people arguing, but could not imagine the tragic outcome.
The suspects fled in the victim’s car. And Peugeot 407 in black color. The local police of Llíria found him hours before the family found José’s body near the San Vincenzo Parkabout three kilometers from the scene of the crime.
The car was open and the windows down. The suspects left it abandoned after managing to flee the house unseen by neighbors.
the suspects
José released his poetry collection in September 2015. my old house It is about the shelters that can hide behind some verses and the need to go back to basics. In addition to this book, José shared his verses on social networks and various digital platforms.
The victim was a good man with a very normal life, those around him say, and everything points to it his murder was not premeditated. In other words, it was a crime that took place after a heated discussion whose causes are still unknown.
The Guardia Civil of Valencia confirmed the arrest of the three people”for a crime of murder which took place last night between 23 and 24 JuneBut the exact moment in which the fight took place is still under investigation.
House where the crime took place.
The three detainees are of Spanish nationality and residents in municipalities near Valencia. At present, little is known about their identities, other than that one of them has a history of assault and that he barely knew them.
According to these sources, José invited them to his home for have a few drinks taking advantage of the fact that in those days I was home alone.
In recent months, the investigators have collected a statement from the current partner and circle of close friends to find out the environments in which he has moved in recent months. The three detainees were transferred to different prisons in the province of Valencia a question them separately and spot the contradictions in their stories.
The meticulous inspection carried out in the chalet by the agents of the Criminalistic Service of the Civil Guard It was decisive in reaching the detainees and solving the question that the family keeps asking: why was José killed?
