Son arrested for stabbing father to death in Almeria

POLICE in Almeria have arrested a 22-year old for stabbing his father to death in Almeria city.
Acting on a call to the emergency services, police officers discovered the body of the 57-year old victim lying on the floor in a pool of blood in the sitting room of his home in Calle Alcor. Nearby they found a large kitchen knife covered in blood.
As the body did not initially appear to show any signs the victim had tried to defend himself investigators did not to begin with rule out suicide. What’s more, there were no indications the front door had been forced open, everything in the property appeared to be in its place and nothing had been stolen.
Further investigations and the nature of the stab wounds however led to the conclusion that the victim had not taken his own life. In fact there were more than 25 knife wounds in all, including one to the chest in the area of the heart.
The investigation shifted to focusing on the victim’s family circle.
According to police the son was put at the scene of the crime on the night in question, something which in his first statement to officers he had denied. A search of his home meanwhile led to the discovery of several items of clothing on which there were traces of his father’s blood.
In the suspect’s second statement to police he confessed to the crime.
Police revealed the suspect had in fact been detained 72 hours after the death of his father on the night of October 12, but the judge overseeing the case had ruled there actions should not be made public.