Remedios Sanchez Sanchez (Margarita Sánchez Gutiérrez), Serial Killer of Elderly Women – Spain, 2006

NOTE: The Wikipedia page on the case gives the name as:  Margarita Sánchez Gutiérrez.

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On July 6, 2006, Remedios Sánchez Sánchez, 48, following a police search of her home in Barcelona, was arrested.  She was charged with a series of attacks on elderly women whom she robbed, three of whom were murdered and five others who survived stranglings. Sánchez was apprehended by police in a gambling parlor playing a slot machine.

The crimes were committed over a four week period, June 10 through July 3, 2006. She killed an 83 year-old woman on June 10, a 95 year-old woman on June 30 and a 76-year-old on July 2.

The investigation was complex and time-consuming and the trial did not take place until 2008. July 3, 2008 Sánchez was found guilty of three murders and four attempted murders. She was sentenced to 144 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution to  victims’ families totaling 442,130 euros.

[Robert St. Estephe]

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Remedios Sánchez Sánchez, born: July 22, 1957; Nicknames: The killer of elderly; The Mataviejas; Reme

Jun. 10-Jul. 3, 2006 – The crimes occurred between 10 June and 3 July 2006 in Barcelona.

Jul. 6, 2006 – RSS (48), home searched; arrested.

Jul. 7, 2006 – Charged with 3 crimes of murder, five counts of attempted murder in 7 crimes of robbery with violence, and one crime of theft.

July 3, 2008 – sentenced to 144 years in prison; “The court also sentenced Remedios Sanchez, 50, to pay compensation of between 19,000 and 120,000 euros to the victims or their families, while another acquitted of murder in attempted whose authorship is not considered proven.”

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VICTIM LIST

Jun. 10, 2006 – “CV” (83) – died; stabbed and strangled with a rug.

Jun. 18, 2006 – R. C.  Rosa, 80 – survived; punched, kicked and strangled until unconscious.

Jun. 21, 2006 – M. M. Rosario, 87 – survived; beaten and strangled unconscious.

Jun. 24, 2006 – Pilar S., 83 – survived. Strangled with towel.

Jun. 25, 2006 – Alicia L. (70) – survived; choked, interrupted by victim’s husband.

Jun. 28, 2006 – Adelaide GC, 96 – died; suffocated.

Jul. 1, 2006 – Mary S. R., 76 – died; strangled.

Jul. 3, 2006 – Montserrat F., 85 – survived; strangled with dishtowel.

Sep. 11, 2006 – M. H. Isabel, 79 – theft.

 

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[“ASESINO 66: Remedios Sánchez; biografía de la asesina de ancianas de Barcelona,” Biografías di Asesinos, Sep. 23, 2013]

[“Remedios Sánchez, condenada a 144 años por el asesinato de tres ancianas,” farodevigo.es, July 3, 2008]

[“El juez decreta prisión sin fianza para la presunta asesina de ancianas de Barcelona,” El Pais (Spain), Jul. 7, 2006]

[“La asesina de ancianas guardaba en su casa joyas de las víctimas,” El Pais (Spain), Jul. 7, 2006]

 

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Anglicized: Remedios Sanchez Sanchez

 

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For similar cases, see: Female Serial Killer Bandits

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