Álex, the 13-year-old minor who died last Saturday in Sueca), when he was spending the afternoon at the house of a friend of the same age, died from a stab wound to the chest, according to sources familiar with the investigations. Juan FM, father of the child with whom Álex and , was playing, will be brought to justice this Tuesday in court number 4 of Sueca.
The violent death of Álex, a student at the Nuestra Señora de Fátima charter school and player for the Promeses Sueca club, has left shock to the residents of the Valencian town. While the acts of rejection for his death and the expressions of condolences to his family, friends and colleagues continue, the investigators of the Judicial Police try to piece together what happened on Saturday afternoon at the house on Trinquet Vell Street.
The body of the minor, who had gone to his friend’s house to play video games and do work on the computer, was found with various stab wounds and blows. A kitchen knife and a baseball bat were located in the home as possible murder weapons.
The first data from the autopsy indicate that the boy lost his life from a stab wound to the chest, among the various stab wounds he received.
Since they became aware of the tragic event, the agents have studied the possibility that the father, a 48-year-old documentary filmmaker who worked at the Algemesí municipal library, has incriminated himself to cover up his son, despite being criminally unimpeachable for not being 14 years old. However, so far no evidence has been found to support this thesis, according to the sources consulted. The first autopsy report, whose conclusions are preliminary, will be followed by other studies, such as biological, fingerprint and other tests.
The man, described as a person with a reserved character, maintains that it was he who committed the crime in a fit of madness. He has not changed his story at any time. Nor has he given more details of the events. His 13-year-old son has declared the same thing to investigators, that it was his father who killed Álex.
After the crime occurred, Juan FM took his son with a relative and went with traces of blood to the Sueca barracks, where he was detained. The lack of details about what happened has caused the guards to consider several hypotheses and continue investigating the people involved in the event, their behaviors, possible conflicts, or history with their environment.
The detainee had custody of his two minor children, after separating from his wife, a friend of Álex’s mother. A few years ago, Juan FM was denounced by his partner for insults and humiliation, although he was later acquitted in a trial. His name was included in the VioGén sexist violence protection system, but was later “deactivated,” according to the Government delegate, Pilar Bernabé.
In recent weeks, the detainee seemed to be going through a bad time, worried about his relationship with his ex-wife and his children, according to a source close to him.
All the information accumulated, along with the results of the searches and the visual inspection of the home, will be part of the police report that will be presented this Tuesday before the judge who will decide on the personal situation of Juan FM
The Sueca City Council has decreed two days of official mourning, during which the council’s flags fly at half-mast. The Generalitat Valenciana, through the Department of Education, has activated the emotional support protocol to provide support to students, teachers and the rest of the educational community.
