A 42-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested for the alleged murder of his Spanish wife, Catalina, 48, in Benalmádena, a town in Costa del Sol, Spain.
The Nigerian identified as Augustine also set fire to the family home, where the victim lived with the couple’s three children – all minors – and another son from a previous relationship.
The incident happened at around 5.25am this Sunday morning, 9 February. 2025.
The arrested man was the one who first phoned the 112 Andalucía emergency service system and reported the fire at a property, located in Benalmádena Pueblo, but without indicating that it was or had been his house.
A Local Police patrol quickly arrived at the scene and rescued the children.
After smothering the flames, the officers found the victim inside the house, with signs of violence, and arrested her partner as the person allegedly responsible for her d3ath. He had also allegedly assaulted the children.
They had been together for about 13 years and had three children together, the eldest, aged about 11, and two younger sisters.
The mother of the deceased lived on the upper floor, while the victim lived on the ground floor.
According to sources, she had recently separated from the alleged perpetrator of her d3ath.
