Late this Saturday, the Civil Guard arrested a 35-year-old man for the murder of a 30-year-old woman found dead and with signs of violence in her home in El Viso del Alcor (Seville), according to sources from the Government Subdelegation in this province. The investigators have proceeded to arrest him and it is being investigated as a since the victim “could have maintained some type of romantic relationship, indicated the deputy delegate of the Government, Francisco Toscano.
The woman was not in the VioGén protection system, which monitors victims of gender violence and their aggressors, according to the same sources. The arrested person, however, was included in the records due to the complaint of another former partner, according to the subdelegate. If the detainee is confirmed as the author of the crime, he would be part of what is technically called persistent aggressor or multiple victimizers, men who mistreat several partners or ex-partners throughout their lives.
According to the latest data from the Ministry of the Interior, one in five men who commit sexist violence in Spain has already done it before. , and its presence has increased by 58.3% in a decade, going from 13.9% in 2015 to 22% in 2025.
In this case, it was a fire that set off the alarm. The agents went on Saturday afternoon to a home in El Viso del Alcor (19,318 inhabitants) alerted by a fire warning. When they got there they found the body of a woman who showed signs of knife violence. Investigators are waiting for the autopsy to clarify whether the cause of death is linked to the stab wounds on the body or is related to the fire, according to Toscano.
As soon as the news broke, the El Viso City Council issued a statement regretting the murder of its neighbor and condemning the events. The council has decreed three days of official mourning and has called for a minute of silence this Sunday at 12:00.
So far this year, 42 women have been murdered by their partners or ex-partners. Since the company started in 2003, there are 1,337 women.
Telephone 016 assists victims of sexist violence, their families and those around them 24 hours a day, every day of the year, in 53 different languages. The number is not registered on the telephone bill, but the call must be deleted from the device. You can also contact via email and by WhatsApp at the number 600 000 016. Minors can contact the ANAR Foundation telephone number 900 20 20 10. If it is an emergency situation, you can call 112 or the National Police (091) and the Civil Guard (062) telephone numbers. And if you cannot call, you can use the ALERTCOPS application, from which an alert signal is sent to the Police with geolocation.
