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Mother, 46, and her son, 16, are arrested over murder of British woman, 80, shot dead at her home in Spain: Police say suspects knew victim and crime was NOT a ‘burglary gone wrong’
- Spanish police have arrested a mother and son who knew the victim
- Police no longer think the killing of the OAP was a burglary gone wrong
- Mum is suspected to have shot the victim and son moved body and cleaned up
- Car set alight in Alicante after the murder coincides with one a witness saw
Spanish police have confirmed the two people arrested over the murder of a British OAP on the Costa Blanca are a 46-year-old woman and her 16-year-old son.
The pair are being quizzed by detectives ahead of appearances in separate courts.
And detectives have revealed they are working on the basis that the killing was not the result of a bungled burglary by intruders who had no idea who lived in the property.
A spokesman for Spanish National Police said: ‘Although the motive is not yet known and the investigators are currently working on establishing it, the hypothesis this was a fortuitous robbery has been ruled out based on the fact that the victim and the detainees appeared to know each other.’
Police also said they suspected the mum could be the one who shot the victim dead and her son could have assisted her by moving the body and trying to erase fingerprints and dispose of other evidence.
Above: Forensic officers inspect the crime scene in the Costa Blanca. Spanish police have confirmed the two people arrested over the murder of a British OAP on the Costa Blanca are a 46-year-old woman and her 16-year-old son
The killing took place in the town of Elche near Alicante on the Costa Brava on Spain’s south coast
The police spokesman said: ‘The body of the victim appears to have been moved from the place where she was shot to the place where she was found dead.’
Detectives have also confirmed a vehicle set alight in Alicante following the murder coincides with the car a witness saw two people leave the British woman’s house in on Wednesday.
The police spokesman said: ‘The female suspect, owner of the car that was gutted, practices target shooting as a hobby, has a license and has a pistol registered in her name which is the same model and calibre as that found by detectives during an inspection of the house.
‘The woman had reported the car as stolen the day after the discovery of the victim’s body, saying her .22 Beretta had disappeared from the vehicle before that.’
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