A 76-year-old man allegedly killed his 71-year-old wife in their cortijo in the Axarquia village of Frigiliana, in the area known as Pago de Lizar. The man left a note confessing to the crime and then committed suicide.
According to the Mayor of the village, Jose Antonio González, the woman was suffering from depression. He also pointed out that the couple were very well known and were often seen out walking together.
It was the daughter who found the bodies – the mother inside a vehicle and the father a few metres away. Both bodies have been taken to the Instituto de Medicina Legal de Málaga for postmortems.
The daughter was surprised not to find her parents in their home in the village so she went to the family’s cortijo where the couple often spent several days each summer.
(News: Frigiliana, Axarquia, Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalucia)