The killer did not reveal where his body was after his death.

On August 18, 2010, Sonia Iglesias, a 38-year-old young woman from Pontevedra, disappeared.

On the morning of August 18, Sonia’s husband, Julio Araújo, the only suspect in the case, left her in the center of Pontevedra and entered his workplace at Massimo Dutti. Sonya has never been to the store.

For a decade, police questioned Araujo as a possible murderer of his wife, but the man never confessed. Julio Araujo was hospitalized days later after police searched the family cemetery, believing Sonia’s body might be there.

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After the search, the man developed pneumonia, complicated by lung cancer. That was September 2020, and he never admitted what happened to his wife.

Missing and Divorce Petitions

In 2010, Sonia Iglesias, 38, a mother of a minor, had never been to Massimo Dutti’s workplace. Her husband, Julio Araújo, who was unemployed and had a severe alcohol problem, was the last person to see her alive.

Sonia plans to separate from Araujo. Fed up with him, he doesn’t look for work and spends his days between bars and slot machines. Sonia announced to Julio that after her son received Holy Communion on August 15, he would have to leave the church. Home familiar.

Despite this, Julio Araujo has always maintained that his relationship with Sonia is going well and that she has never expressed a desire to break up.In fact, Araujo assured that on this day disappear wife and they had sex.

In addition, Sonia meets a man, a citizen who has lived in Venezuela for a long time, and she is excited about starting a new life with him.after him disappearboth the man and Araujo were investigated.

behind disappear Police reconstructed Sonia’s last steps. That morning, Sonia and Julio had breakfast together at the El Albero cafeteria. Afterwards, Sonia went to a shoe store on Malvar Street in Arzobispo, and after a while she said goodbye to her husband.

Araujo insisted in his statement that he drove Sonia to the shoe store. After leaving the shoe store, Julio Araujo prepared to take his wife to work, but due to traffic jams, Sonia had to walk.

Witnesses said they saw Sonia on Oliva Street around 11:30 a.m., but no trace of her disappeared there. Investigators viewed cameras and took testimony from various people, but there was no conclusive evidence of what happened to him.

After one hour disappear From Sonia, Julio Araújo arrived at his Home and called one of his cousins ​​from a landline. According to police, Julio had one hour to commit the crime and eliminate the suspect. corpse his wife.

Although the police insisted on knowing what Julio was doing, he always responded with the same answer: “When they can’t find me, it’s their problem, not mine.”

Sonia’s wallet and report in drug town

The first clue as to what happened to Sonia Iglesias was provided by a young drug addict. The man said he went to the town of O Vao to buy cocaine.

On the roadside leading into the town, drug addicts found a wallet containing five euros and Sonia Iglesias’s papers.

Investigative data found that Julio Araujo’s phone number was located in the area of ​​Monte Castrov, far from the center of Pontevedra, ideal for disposing of the body.

Later, police verified that this information was inaccurate because ten percent of mobile phone calls from other areas of Pontevedra rang in this area.

In 2016, the Pontevedra Police Department received a tip and reopened the case of Sonia Iglesias. The girlfriend of Julio Araujo’s brother claimed Sonia was dead in a restaurant due to alcohol abuse.

“Sonia Iglesias died and her partner Julio Araujo killed her. “He and his brother took her to the cemetery and buried her in a niche owned by the family, ” said the woman.

Police searched niches in the San Mauro cemetery, which is owned by the Araujo family, but found nothing. During that inspection, police summoned Julio, who contracted pneumonia and died shortly after.

They announce the death of Sonia Iglesias

On January 1, 2021, the Pontevedra court officially declared the death of Sonia Iglesias Elín, who had previously been the only suspect. disappear died

Sonia declared death the only way her adult son could get everything his mother wanted.

During the years that Sonia was away, her son grew up with the woman’s accused murderer, his father, Julio Araujo.

Many of the now-retired police officers who worked on the case claimed they had failed to find the woman but that “divine justice” had brought an end to Sonia’s killer.