In 2004 Spain passed a world-first gender-based violence law that introduced special courts that deal with cases where the survivor’s gender is an aggravating factor. In 20 years they have dealt with 2 million complaints and convicted 700,000 people, 72% being men.[1]
Since 2003 the Spanish government has been counting gender violence murders and by December 2022 they had reached 1,183,[2] 377 children have been made orphans and 48 children have been killed.[3]
Spain was an initial signatory on 11 May 2011 of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS No. 210), known as the “Istanbul Convention”, which was ratified by Spain on 10 April 2014 and came into effect on 1 August 2014. The Istanbul Convention is a legally-binding instrument which "creates a comprehensive legal framework and approach to combat violence against women" and is focused on preventing domestic violence, protecting victims and prosecuting accused offenders.[4]
January 21, 1992: Marta Obregón Rodríguez: A 22-year-old Spanish woman was returning home when she was kidnapped by a man and taken out of town so he could use her sexually. She was stabbed 14 times but would not allow him to rape her.[5]
November 13, 1992: Alcasser Girls: 3 teenage girls from Alcàsser, Valencia, Spain, were kidnapped, raped, assaulted and murdered after hitchhiking to get to a nightclub.
April 12, 1993: Kidnapping of Anabel Segura: 2 men kidnap and later (when she was trying to escape) murder a 22-year-old woman.[6]
December 17, 1997: Ana Orantes: After her testimony was shown on a television program, she was killed by her last husband.[7][8] It caused a big repercussion about gender violence, and as a consequence, the restructuring of the Criminal Code of Spain.[9]
April 20, 1997: Murder of Eva Blanco: Spanish high school student was murdered in Algete, Community of Madrid. The case remained unsolved until 2015.
October 9, 1999: Murder of Rocío Wanninkhof: a Dutch-Spanish teenager who was murdered in her hometown of Mijas.
May 17, 2003: Murder of Sandra Palo: A 22-year-old woman was raped, run over by a car and burnt alive by 4 minors (in the 14-18 age range) in Madrid.[10]
June 30, 2012: A man kills and butchers his partner in Cadrete.[25]
2015
60 women were killed in Spain in cases of gender violence[26]
Date
Narrative
January 12
A man (70) kills his ex-partner (70) and her sister (64) in Elche. Later, he commits suicide. Five minutes of silence were observed for the double crime.[27][28][29][30]
January 17
A woman (69) is killed in Orba, Alicante. Her partner flees to Germany, where he confesses the crime at the airport to police. Silent demonstrations were held in Alicante and Valencia.[31]
January 21
A man (44) kills his wife (39) and then he commits suicide in Terrassa. They had a 6-year-old child. About 200 people meet in front of the city hall to protest against violence against women.[32]
February 4
A woman is stabbed to death by a man in Arrecife. They met some months previously.[33]
February 6
A woman is strangled in Ronda. About 30 people protest against the crime.[34]
February 12
A man (47) stabs to death his partner (38) in Valencia.[35]
A woman (43) is killed by her partner in Xàbia.[37]
March 12
A woman (23) is thrown out of a van driven by her husband (24) in Cáceres and dies due to the injuries.[38][39]
March 29
A man kills his wife (31) in Alhaurín de la Torre and then he commits suicide. About 100 people gather in the city hall square to protest against the crime.[40][41]
March 30
A man shoots his wife (24) in Lleida and then attempts suicide.[42]
A man is detained in Quintanar de la Orden, Toledo after his wife (59) is found stabbed. He is released 4 days later because it is found that the DNA of the knife was his brother's (the brother-in-law's victim),[49] who confessed the crime.[50] Investigation still does not rule out an involvement of the husband.[51]
February 22
A man (41) shoots his ex-partner (37) in Zaragoza.[52]
March 14
A man (46) is accused of stabbing his partner (34) in Gijón, Asturias.[53] Finally he was sentenced to 4 years for reckless homicide as the judge considered that he had stabbed her in a struggle to try to pick the knife from her hands, but without intending to kill her.[54]
In Villanueva del Fresno, Badajoz a woman (91) dies due to the stabbing wounds inflicted by her husband (91) two days prior.[77] The sons does not consider this a gender violence case,[78] but is counted as such by the Ministry.[79]
March 1
A man slaughters his partner (32) and then manipulates the gas pipes to cause an explosion and commit suicide. In Madrid.[80]
March 29
A man (47) strangles his wife (42) and smothers their two children (ages, 5 and 8). Then he commits suicide by throwing himself out the window. in Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real.[81]
March 31
A man (34) strangles his partner (23) and then surrenders to the police in Telde, Gran Canaria.[82]
A man (49) shots his partner (48) and then commits suicide in Totana, Murcia.[100]
August 24
A woman (42) dies stabbed by her husband in Arroyo de la Luz, Cáceres.[101] Although this death appears on the official list of the Ministry, the detainee was released in December of the same year when the investigation considered that this was a case of self-defense.[102]
A man (40) stabs his partner (37) in front of their three children in Azuqueca, Guadalajara.[115]
Other cases
Date
Narrative
January 4
A man (24) defenestrates his partner (26) in Madrid[116] The man was charged for mistreatment, but not murder.
January 18
A man (78) suffocates his wife (79) with a pillow, then commits suicide. He left a note explaining that he did that to end her suffering as she had Alzheimer.[117]
February 3
A father, (27) after an argument with his wife in a hospital in Madrid, picks up their 1-year-old child and throws himself out of a window, killing both.[118]
May 18
A woman (55) denounces the partner (29) of her niece whom he had tried to strangle. He kills the complainant before the police can arrest him. In Caudete, Albacete.[119]
May 24
A man (48) who had been accused of gender abuse by his wife (45) 7 years prior has a sex change during the judicial process and claims that Spanish gender violence law no longer applies to the case.[120]
June 1
A man (44) hits his partner (31) and suffocates their 8-month old baby.[121]
November 12
A man (28) murders his two-year-old daughter after learning that his partner (24) wanted to break up with him.[122]
A man (73) denounces the disappearance of his wife (53) in Guadix (Granada) but finally confesses to have killed and buried her.[126]
February 12
A woman (43) disappears in Navia, Asturias. Her corpse is found 3 weeks later. A man (42) who was already infamous in the village for claiming to be his procurer[127] is arrested and finally confesses the crime.[128]
A man allegedly runs over his partner three times until he kills her in Toledo.[130]
March 30
A woman (48) is allegedly suffocated by her old partner (38) in Albox (Almería)[131]
April 9
A man (41) stabs and kills his wife (40) in front of their children in Blanes, Girona.[132]
April 11
A man (46) allegedly kills his wife (39) in Murcia. She was as Colombian human rights defendant who had to leave her country due to FARC threats.[133]
April 20
In Vitoria-Gasteiz a man kills his ex-wife (43) and her mother, barricades himself in his house while the police surround the building, throws himself out of the window and falls on an inflatable mattress prepared by firefighters that saves his life.[134]
April 30
A man (36) allegedly beats ex-partner (36) until killing her in Burgos.[135]
May 11
A man (24) shoots his partner (21) in a shooting range, then commits suicide, in Las Gabias, Granada.[136]
June 8
A man (64) stabs his wife (49) and then tries to burn the house in Las Palmas.[137]
A man (48) suffocates his partner (40) then surrenders to the police in Badalona, Barcelona.[139]
June 18
A man shoots his wife (47) in O Porriño, Lugo. Then commits suicide.[140]
June 25
A man (39) strangles his partner (37) in Zaragoza.[141]
July 5
A man (47) beats his partner (44) and strangles her with a cable in Madrid.[142]
July 6
A man (88) beheads his Alzheimers suffering wife (84) and commits suicide by throwing himself of out a window in La Felguera, Asturias.[143] One of their children objected to the classification of this case as gender violence.[144]
July 7
A man (33) disobeys a restraining order and stabs his partner (24) in Lepe, Huelva. He fled from the authorities,[145] but he was detained the following day.[146]
A man (45) strangles his partner (40) and suffocates their 3- and 5-year-old daughters. Then he hangs himself (he apparently was trying to pass it as a suicide pact with his wife). In La Orotava, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[148]
The torso of a woman (25) is found in an abandoned suitcase in a burnt industrial warehouse in Madrid. After identifying the corpse, police proceed to search for his partner (45) (self nicknamed "the king of cachopo"), who is finally found on November 16 working under a false identity in a pub in Zaragoza.[152]
A man (53) shoots his ex-partner (48) in the street, runs over one of her daughters while escaping and then hangs himself on a tree in Sant Joan les Fonts, Girona.[167]
October 11
A woman (30) appears dead in a landfill in Gádor, Almería. Two weeks later her partner (30) is detained while trying to catch a plane to Mauritania.[168]
October 19
The corpse of a woman (67) is found in a swamp in El Arenoso, Córdoba. Her husband (70) confessed the crime to the police.[169]
A sick woman (57) dies in Manresa, Barcelona after being bedridden in bed for several weeks. Her husband (63) failed to take care of her or call the doctors.[175]
December 25
A woman (54) disappears in Cartagena, Murcia.After months of research police arrests her partner. The corpse has not appeared.[176]
Other cases
Date
Narrative
January 26
A man defenestrates a 27-year-old woman in Madrid. No sentimental relationship.[177]
March 5
A 16-year-old woman is allegedly sexually abused by five men in Jaen.[178]
March 22
Nine men in the range of 18–21 years old, are arrested in Alicante accused of raping 3 minors (14, 15 and 17 years old)[179]
March 27
In Castellón a man (46) with restraining order goes to his ex-partner's house. Since she wasn't there he tries to sexually abuse her daughter (22) but he is stopped by her grandmother's partner (70), who is killed in the process. The aggressor falls into a ditch while trying to run away and is detained.[180]
April 16
A man hits his partner and their 7-month-old baby with a bat with the inscription "Doma-esposas" ("Wife-tamer")[181]
April 30
A man allegedly sets fire to his ex-partner's apartment.[182]
May 3
A man is arrested after kidnapping his ex-partner for 3 days.[183]
May 3
A woman (33) is murdered in an open field in Castrogonzalo, Zamora. At first a shepherd is arrested, but finally the police end up arresting his 16-year-old son who tried to incriminate him.[184]
May 17
A man (56) is arrested for allegedly holding his wife (66) and daughter (29) in his home for more than 4 months in Alcantarilla, Murcia.[185]
June 4
A man (35) kills his ex-sister in law (39) in Albacete. He was actually trying to go after his ex-wife.[186]
June 18
The corpse of a woman (36) appears floating in a pool of Ciutadella, Menorca. At first it was believed to be an accident, but in November, de 2019 her partner (40) was detained, charged with homicide.[187]
June 21
A prisoner (42) in regime of semi-freedom non fatally attacks his partner (40) with a hammer. The reason he was in prison is for killing another girlfriend with a hammer in 2002.[188]
August 13
A man (48) burns himself in Madrid after arguing with his partner (38) extending the fire around the building.[189]
September 12
A woman (35) escapes from his partner (37) who has kidnapped her for four months in Fuenlabrada, Madrid.[190]
September 25
A man (48) stabs his 3-year-old and 6-years-old daughters in revenge for his wife (42) having denounced him. Then commits suicide by throwing himself out of a window. In Castellón de la Plana.[191]
A woman (39) travels from Germany to Tenerife to visit her ex-husband (43) and their sons. He kills her and their 10-year-old daughter in a cave. Their 6-year-old son escapes and alerts the police.[211]
May 1
The stabbed corpse of a woman (47) is found in Parla, Madrid. She went back to live with his boyfriend (42), despite him having been already denounced 3 times by her for mistreatment.[212]
May 9
A woman (42) appears in her bed dead, naked and with a flower in her bust. Her partner (39) is arrested at the airport. In Torre Pacheco, Murcia.[213]
A man (53) shots his wife (51) with a shotgun, then commits suicide in Iznájar, Córdoba.[215]
June 10
A man (48) stabs his partner (29)because she wanted to break up with him. In Alboraya, Valencia. She is the 1000th murdered women since there are official data in 2003.[216]
June 14
A woman (49) dies stabbed by his partner (46), who was on probation after having murdered his previous wife in 2002 with an iron cord. After killing her, he set the building on fire, also dying. In Córdoba.[217]
July 2
A man (42) kills his wife (42) with a hammer in Rute, Córdoba and later surrenders to the police.[218]
July 3
Police found evidence that a woman (25) found dead on 9 September 2018 in Granollers, Barcelona had been murdered by her husband.[219]
A sentence of Supreme Court of Spain concludes that a man hitting his (female) partner is always gender violence, even if both have mutually hit each other.[241]
February 3
Six men are detained for allegedly gang raping an 18-year-old woman in Sabadell, Barcelona.[242]
November 30
A man was arrested for the alleged murder of his wife (38) in Vicálvaro, Madrid, but was acquitted in March 2020 when the autopsy confirmed that the cause of death was a heart attack.[243]
2020
In 2020 there were 29,215 female victims of violence recorded in Spain and in calendar year 2020 25,436 men were convicted of gender violence against women.[244]
In 2020, 36% of people reported for gender related violence were not born in Spain. [245]
Gender violence murders
45 women were killed in gender violence cases.[246]
The corpse of a woman (29) appears in Santander. She was missing since August and her boyfriend was already in jail as he was a suspect.[279]
September 24
A man (24) kills his partner (26) in Valencia.[280]/
September 25
A couple dies in what seemed to be a traffic accident in Cádiz, but the autopsy proved that the woman (32) had already died days ago after being hit in her head.[281]
October 15
An ex-military man (36) shoots his partner (37) then commits suicide in Peguera, Mallorca. Autopsy ruled out a suspected suicide pact.[282]
November 3
A man (35) hits his wife (32) with a rock and tries to hide the corpse behind a bush. In Palma de Mallorca.[283]
A man (37) stabs his wife (28) in front of their 8 and 10 years old children. In Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid.[289]
2021
In 2021 there were 30,141 female victims of violence recorded in Spain and in calendar year 2021, 33,068 men were convicted of gender violence against women.[245]
Relationship of victim reporting crime, to the perpetrator: [245]
Wife - 5,498
Common law partner - 6,835
Girlfriend - 3,801
Breaking up - 296
Former wife - 1,520
Former common law partner - 6,777
Former girlfriend - 5,414
Gender violence murders
44 women were killed in gender violence cases.[290]
A man (37) kidnapped his two children (6) and (1) and took them in a boat, the 6 year old's body was found in a bag weighed down by an anchor, he had previously told his partner she would never see her children again.[299]
May 9
A man (60) violates his restraining order, slaughters his partner (60) and commits suicide by throwing himself out of a window. In Sagunto, Valencia.[300]
May 17
A man (35) kills his wife (28) and their 7 year old son. In Sa Pobla, Mallorca.[301]
A woman (34) who had been in the hospital dies a week after being stabbed by her partner (69) in Salamanca on 21 June. He committed suicide by hanging.[313]
June 29
A man (43) stabs his partner (34) in front of their 3 children. She had asked for a divorce. In Barbastro, Huesca.[314]
July 6
An ex-convict (41) stabs her partner (43) in front of her children. In Murchante, Navarra.[315]
July 15
A man shoots (55) his ex partner in a street in Málaga (46).[316]
A man (43) kills his ex-partner (40) and their 11-month-old daughter in Villaescusa, Cantabria. Then he surrendered to the Police.[329]
December 18
A man (39) with a history of gender violence with previous partners, beat his partner to death (35) in Torrevieja, Alicante.[330]
December 25
A man (21) shoots his partner (25) en Elche, Alicante and flees. He is detained 4 days later.[331]
2022
In 2022 there were 32,644 female victims of violence recorded in Spain and in calendar year 2022, 36,161 people were convicted of violence against women.[332]
Gender violence murders
49 women were killed in gender violence cases.[333]
A man (48) shot his ex-partner (45) when she was leaving work. He then committed suicide. In Maqueda, Toledo.[339]
March 14
María Ángeles
A policeman (48) shot his wife (47) nine times with his service revolver in Ceuta.[340]
March 21
Ivet C.
A man from Ecuador, (28) suffocates his ex-partner (25) in Barcelona.[341]
March 28
Débora Morais Dos santos (39)
In Malaga, the mother was killed by strangulation and buried under concrete. Her partner (40) was arrested after confessing in September.[342]
April 4
Victoria Cristina A.S.
Carlos B.R. (43) lethally stabs his ex-wife (46), wounds a friend of hers and self-harms. In Nohales, Cuenca. She had a protection order against him.[343]
April 4
Teodora I.T. (42)
Stabbed by her partner José del Carmen (50) in Toledo, both were from Peru.[342]
April 15
Africa (44)
In Conca d'Òdena in Catalonia, she was beaten and stabbed by her partner (42). Their daughter was injured trying to protect her mother.[342]
April 18
Natalia (53)
In Girona, Catalonia, murdered with her daughter (18). Husband and father, Sergey Protosenya (55) committed suicide.[342]
May 2
Ouardia
A man (38) murdered his wife (43) with a knife in front of their three children.[344]
May 10
Clotilde Rodríguez (82)
From Santa Cruz de Tenerife, stabbed by her husband Ángel Martínez (84) who tried to commit suicide. [342]
May 22
Florina (26)
In Córdoba, the Romanian woman, mother of two, was found in the road with knife injuries caused by her partner (30).[342]
May 27
Maite C.P. (50)
In Almería, Andalucía, she was found dead in her house, her partner (55) handed himself in to police.[342]
May 29
Eva María (51)
In Málaga she was stabbed but managed to phone for help before being killed by her partner (52). She had previously reported him for violence. Trying to escape he broke both ankles and was arrested.[342]
May 29
Luisa María (48)
In Cuidad Real, she was found stabbed in a storehouse of a restaurant. The perpetrator Manuel was found hanged. The relationship had recently ended.[342]
June 8
Amparo Montalvá González (52)
In Valencia, was found stabbed and drowned in a bucket. Her partner Eduardo J. R. fled the scene.[342]
June 9
Diolimar Alemán (35)
In Soria, Castilla y León, an argument led to the mother of one being stabbed by her partner Nahum (32) who fled the scene. Both are Venezuelan.[342]
June 19
Gemma (43)
Shot in Madrid, along with a friend (70), the perpetrator Fernando de Urríes committed suicide.
June 21
Virginia T.G. (51)
In Sevilla, Andalucía, the Bolivian lady's body was found hidden in reeds on a river bank. Her ex-partner Alfredo G. C., also from Bolivia, was arrested. he had a previous conviction for violence against her.[342]
June 29
Mari Nieves (53)
Sevilla, found dead along with her partner, she had been stabbed. In 2011 she had sought protection from him.[342]
July 1
Cristina Romero (18)
In Madrid, stabbed 20 times by her ex-boyfriend, who was arrested with self inflicted wounds.[342]
July 25
Trinidad (50)
In Granada, Andalucía she was killed by a gun shot by her ex-husband Ramón who then shot himself.[342]
July 29
Abigail (34)
In Santa Cruz de Tenerife she was stabbed by her ex-partner who lay in wait for her. Fleeing by car, the public noted the car number and he was quickly arrested.[342]
August 10
A woman (33) was stabbed to death by her husbands Uncle (64) before he died after jumping from a window.[345]
August 20
Esther (20)
Madrid. Two bodies were found by firefighters in a warehouse, the perpetrator Mohamed, a Moroccan, was arrested for the murder of Esther and her new partner, before he started the fire.[342]
September 13
María del Carmen (71)
In Zaragoza, her ex-husband Ezequiel H.G. (72) attacked her whilst she slept. there was a restraining order in place.[342]
September 21
Anna García Llobregat (22)
In Girona, Cataluña, she was killed by her partner Albert Pinto (36) who controlled her life and gave her drugs.[342]
September 25
María Luisa Larrañaga (68)
Alicante. Stabbed to death by her second husband of 23 years, Jesús Abecia who then died in a traffic accident.[342]
September 26
Raquel Carrión (32)
Palencia, Castilla y León. A mother of two was strangled at home, the perpetrator Boris Pascual Martínez (36) later threw himself onto train tracks.[342]
October 23
Adoración G.G (27)
Alicante. Stabbed to death with the perpetrator jumping from the fifth floor after stabbing himself. No history of violence, just loud arguments.[342]
November 1
Imane Saadaoui (30)
Near Cáceres, a mother was murdered by her partner (41), who had a history of gender violence. Both had Moroccan nationality.[342]
November 4
Lesley Yvonne Denise Cadwallader
A man (80) with prior charges of domestic abuse, stabbed his wife (69) to death.[346]
November 6
Irina D.S
A man (38) stabbed his wife (29) and daughter (6) to death in Madrid.[347]
December 4
Vanessa Elizabeth
A British Man (68) was arrested for suspected murder of his partner (57). There had been several police complains against him between 2007 and 2014 [348]
December 7
A woman (61) was strangled to death, possibly by her son (26) in Estapona.[349]
December 11
Irina Mihaela (34)
a Romanian, was killed in her house, a man (40), also a Romanian, was arrested.[350]
December 22
Soraya Suárez Martín (32)
Mother of two, murdered by partner (40) who had no prior history of violence.[342]
In Bilbao, stabbed by her Bolivian boyfriend (44) in a bar.[352]
December 28
Elena (34)
A 9 month pregnant woman was allegedly stabbed to death by her ex-partner (52) who had a history of domestic violence, in front of their two teenage children in Escalona. No 47.[353]
December 28
A man (37) stabbed his ex-step-daughter (20) to death in Madrid before self-harming.[citation needed][352]
2023
In December 2022 there were 43,670 women under active police protection and the police had 75,140 active cases.[3]
died after being intentionally run over in December.[355]
January 8
Natalia Mosquera
A decapitated body of a woman, 46 year old was found in the sea in Marbella, a domestic worker who may have been killed in a gender based murder. She had previously obtained a restraining order against a man, a Colombian.[356]
January 8
Belén Palomo (24)
mother of a 3 year old, killed in Piedrabuena, Ciudad Real by her husband, Eduardo (30) with a knife. There had been no previous complaints.[357]
January 8
Nina (44)
a Romanian woman was killed by strangulation, a 30-year-old man from Senegal was arrested.[358]
January 8
Hayat (46)
mother of four, stabbed to death by her 44 year old ex-husband in Adeje, a Moroccan, in Tenerife. She had companied about him in December 2022 but then refused to testify against him.[359][360]
January 8
Belén Palomo (24)
a mother, was stabbed in her home in Ciudad Real, her 30 year old husband was arrested. No 3.[358]
January 8
Eva Maria Aza (46)
mother of two, shot dead, reportedly by her one year partner José Carlos (40) at their home in El Puerto de Santa María, Cadiz. He was drunk when arrested after firing his gun elsewhere and confessed.[358][357]
January 18
Elisabeth (38)
from Balaguer, Lleida died from a stab wound, leaving 3 children, her partner was arrested.[361]
January 23
Paloma Pinedo (46)
from Valladolid died along with her 8 year old daughter, India, at the hands of her partner, David Maroto, who confessed. [361][362]
January 31
Caterina (64)
from Italy died from gunshot wounds in La Línea de la Concepción at the hands of her 65 year old partner, who also died. [361][363]
February 5
Beatriz L.G. (47)
a mother of two and a lawyer, in the northwestern town of Baiona was stabbed in the head by her former husband, Ángel Rodríguez Dacosta, a mathematics teacher, in front of their children. He handed himself in to the police. No 8.[360]
February 13
Akvilė Jocytė
A Lithuanian pregnant woman was shot and killed in Castellón by her 29 year old partner.[citation needed]
February 27
Elia (17)
died in El Rubio, Seville. Her partner (21), a German shot her in a garage with a home made firearm. He confessed to police after first saying she had shot herself. No 9. [361][357]
March 3
María del Carmen (39)
died of knife wounds in Villanueva de Gállego in front of her son (6), her ex partner Miguel Santiago Cortés (53) was arrested.[364]
British woman died in a domestic violence stabbing event in Alicante, Costa Blanca, her 69 year old husband was arrested. No 11.[368][361][369]
April 4
Violeta
from Huelva, Romanian, aged 34 and a fruit picker, died after being stabbed in the back, allegedly by a Malian citizen (30) who wanted her to move in with him, which she refused to do and was going to report him for harassment. No 12. [361][357]
April 11
Rabea Bush (45)
of German nationality, died in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, killed by her husband Alexander (46) who then committed suicide. No 15. [361][357]
April 16
Cristina C. G. (54)
died on a camp site in Enguera, her son has arrested.[370]
April 22
A British man was arrested after his 36 year old wife fell 6 floors from a hotel balcony in Benidorm.[371]
April 25
María Encarnación (81)
killed by strangulation in Ávila by her estranged husband aged 82. No 13. [361][372]
April 27
Alina ((39))
originally from Romania, died in Jerez de la Frontera, her partner was arrested. No 14.[373]
May 6
Arantxa Caro Montañez
who was 4 months pregnant, was beaten and strangled to death in Manresa, Barcelona by her partner who mover her to pretend she had called down some stairs, he was arrested. he regularly assaulter her, but there were no complaints. No 19.[361][374]
May 6
Encarni (39)
Motril, Grenada, mother of two, strangled by her partner who then committed suicide in a car crash.[375]
May 11
Maria (40)
mother of one, stabbed in the neck in Móstoles, Madrid by Fernando MC (52), her partner in front of their son. She was taken to hospital in a critical condition and died 3 days later. Because of a number of violent incidents, she was leaving him, planning to meet with lawyers the day she was stabbed. No 16. [361][357]
May 16
Lourdes del Hoya (50)
killed by her ex partner with a sawn off shotgun. [361][374]
May 17
Paula (28)
Killed in Torremolinos by her Italian partner (45) who later confessed to killing another girlfriend 9 years earlier, who he walled up in his apartment in Torremolinos. [361][374][376]
May 22
Noemí Rodríguez Ferreira (33)
died in Pontevedra.
May 27
Maialen Mazón (32)
pregnant with twins was killed by her old partner (33) in Vitoria, who had a restraining order against him, when she voluntarily met him. [361][377]
in Pontevedra was shot be Víctor G.D., an agent of the civil guard who later committed suicide. No 21.[361][378]
June 11
Lida (39)
from Honduras, mother of a 2 year old, stabbed multiple times in their apartment in Barcelona by her partner (34). There had been no previous complaints. No 22.[361][357]
mother of one, killed by being thrown from a window by her partner in Barcelona, died in hospital 2 days later. No previous complaints of violence. [361][357]
Mother of a boy (8) killed in Móstoles, Madrid from stab wounds, her ex partner Ángel (47) who had been reported for making threats fled, but was quickly arrested. [361]
July 1
Zhen Jiang (47)
killed in Pamplona by her husband (52). No 25.[361]
Mother of three, had her throat cut in Logroño, allegedly by her Syrian husband (44) who then tried to drown the children and himself in the Ebro river.[365][357]
July 9
Ilham Najah (38)
Stabbed in Antella, the killer her husband, she was separating from, committed suicide when he could not escape.[380]
July 20
Carmen Cortés (54)
Blow to the head, managed to call the police in malaga to report her partner, before dying. No 29.[365][376]
July 27
Carla (26)
Suffocated in Girona by a short term ex partner (28) who then stole her credit cards.[365][357]
July 30
Elena (29)
Stabbed by her partner (34) in Barcelona, he called the police and has been arrested.[357]
July 31
Erica Vanessa Reyes (22)
killed in Utrera, Seville with a hammer. Presumably by her husband (43), from whom she was separating, who has been arrested.[357]
August 7
Zhour (27)
killed in Pescadería, Almería, with her throat cut in front of their three children. Her husband (32) has been arrested. No 33.[381]
August 8
Juana Cepas (31)
Mother of three shot and killed in Pozoblanco, Córdoba by her husband (39) from whom she was getting separated. He then committed suicide. a three year old found the bodies, her screams alerting neighbours.[357]
August 8
Evarista L.G (91)
A 92 year old man was arrested over the murder of his wife in Tenerife. No 35.[382]
August 8
Soledad (50)
Mother of two, allegedly shot by her partner (62) in Moratalaz, Madrid before committing suicide. No previous record of violence. No 36.[357]
August 23
Encarnación (63)
Killed by her ex husband (73) who was still living in the same house.[383]
August 27
Buran Forouzan (64)
In Jerez de la Frontera, homeless woman killed by partner (70), found dismembered in a well. He had already served over 15 years in prison for a similar offence.
August 30
Rosario Martín Chamorro (36)
In Béjar, Salamanca, the mother of four was killed before her partner decided not to jump from a viaduct and was detained.[384]
August 30
Raquel Lorente (58)
In Valencia, the victim was shot and killed by her divorced partner (70) an ex policeman before he committed suicide. No 40.[385]
September
(30)
A Honduran was stabbed to death in a street by her Spanish ex-partner (27) in Madrid.[386]
September 3
Maricel García Valmeo (47)
In Seville, the woman was killed by her ex partner on the street, who tried to commit suicide but was detained. Both were from the Philippines.[387]
September 3
Maria Fernández (53)
In Villanueva del Arzobispo, a man (58) and the woman were found dead from gunshots. [388]
September 3
Tenia (71)
In Palamós, Girona, the partner claims insufficient mental capacity to be tried.[389]
September 11
Sandra (37)
In Granada, stabbed by her partner (43), who was Morocean, who then committed suicide by jumping from a window.[390]
September 15
Suzan Ann (76)
The British woman was stabbed to death in Orihuela Costa with her Norwegian partner (82) being arrested.[391]
September 15
Nicoleta María Lupo (51)
Of Romanian origin, this woman was killed in Castellón by her partner (54) also Romanian, who then hanged himself.[392]
September 16
Hanane (35)
The Moroccan woman was found dead in a well near Cieza, her partner (40), also Moroccan, was detained.[393]
September 11
Laura (41)
In Tarragona, allegedly strangled by her partner (43) who called 112 and claimed he arrived home to find her dead. No 48.[394]
September
Miguela (35)
In Villaverde, Madrid, a man (30) of Dominican nationality with a history of violence against this woman was detained. No 49.[395]
October 10
Paqui ? (52)
Mother of three, from Benalmádena in Andalusia, shot in the back in her home. Her husband (63) was found dead with a shot to the head. A murder suicide.[396]
November 4
Carolina V.C. (39)
Colombian national, knifed in the street in Getafe, near Madrid, her partner was arrested having fled the scene.
November 25
Leticia (37)
Strangled in Madrid by her partner Antonio P.C. (42) an army captain, in the presence of their two young children. He admitted the offence in a 112 call.[397]
November 27
Tatiana Beatriz Ascoy Torres (25)
Stabbed in Madrid by her ex husband who also killed their 5 year old daughter, all Peruvian nationals, he tried to cut his own throat, but survived. He had a restraining order.[398]
November 29
Fátima (34)
Mother of two in Sagunto, Valencia, had her throat cut by her ex husband of 2 years, Abdullah, both from Morocco. The daughter (13) was hurt when trying to get help and fell from the flat.[399]
November
Judith M.G. (37)
A resident of Vigo, found in bushes strangled.
December 1
Encarnación Regueiro Rodríguez (80)
In Sigüeiro, La Coruña, stabbed by her husband Manuel Barbeira Carneiro (88) who then committed suicide using the knife.[400]
December
(58)
Near Cordoba, found dead in her house, having previously warned a neighbour her partner may kill her. The partner was arrested.[401]
