The man accused of ending the life of his father-in-law in Aranda de Duero (Burgos), identified as J. L. H., has stated before the court that he has no memory of the events that led to the death of his then wife's father. In the interrogation by the Prosecutor's Office, he answered "nothing" to most of the questions posed. The defendant has indicated that he had been consuming cocaine for more than twenty years and that his wife did not know about this addiction until 2024.
The accused has only acknowledged that he continued to consume drugs and has claimed that for years he tried, with the support of his family, to start treatment in rehabilitation centers like Proyecto Hombre or Cáritas. However, regarding the specific day when the events occurred, he has reiterated that he has no memory of it.
The defendant has said he remembers the impact of a taser gun and some very specific moments, in addition to having ingested the drug when the police were about to proceed with his arrest and during his transfer to the hospital. He also recounted that he regained his memory after sending a letter from prison to his ex-wife, despite there being a restraining order, in which he apologized based on "what the newspapers said" and whose clippings he keeps along with a copy of that letter.
Regarding the possible causes of the crime, the accused has stated before the Prosecutor's Office that he has never seen himself as a jealous person and that he always allowed his wife to act with total freedom. In response to these statements, the Public Prosecutor's Office has emphasized that there are audio and video recordings made by the defendant of the sexual relations he had with his wife.
The defense, for its part, has tried to argue that many of the questions do not correspond to the period that the accused claims not to remember, specifying that his memory loss is limited to the period from "one day before until the arrest." The lawyer has added that the life of the investigated was proceeding normally until he began to lose control after spending 4,000 euros on one hundred grams of cocaine, placing the trigger for everything in that excessive consumption on October 3.