Signs were placed near the church and city hall. and ain (Gipuzkoa), map of the town of Piazza Goisca. “Be careful!! The rapist who murdered five women who escaped in Andain. Get out of Andain! !» Written in Basque and Spanish. Printed next to the warning is the current image. Joaquin FerrandisPhotos with a watermark of mediterranean newspaperin the middle of Castellón de la Plana, the city where Ferrandis lived when he committed his crimes.
“There is some anxiety and psychosis “It’s in Andain,” said a resident of Gipuzkoan, a town of about 14,000 people. “The other day, a rumor was spread in a women’s group on WhatsApp that a dead woman had appeared in the surrounding area. Some say he lives near the station and saw him there, while others say he lives on the other side of the station. “That’s unclear,” he added.
On July 22, 2023, television cameras were waiting at the prison entrance for his departure. Herrera de la Mancha (Ciudad Real). Joaquín Ferrandis was sentenced to 69 years, but he has already met maximum 25 His release was mandatory as it is permitted by law.
“I’m leaving here out of respect for the victims and I’m never coming back,” he told reporters, his face mostly hidden behind a black mask, sunglasses and a hat. «I’m going abroad “To rebuild my life without causing trouble to anyone.”
It is unclear whether he really intended to leave Spain, but the truth is that he reached the French border but did not cross. he settled in irun There he lived in obscurity for almost a year, starting a relationship with a woman and even sharing a house with her. The couple broke up, she stepped in between. harassment complaint -As announced a few days ago basque journalAnd this newspaper was able to corroborate that that was the cause of Mr. Ferrandis’ move. Mr Ferrandis settled in Andain, about 30 kilometers from Irun, a little more than a year ago.
His past as a sexual predator and serial killer, combined with accusations from his former partner, meant that Elzainza was keeping a close eye on him.
“I get on the motorway from Andain and come straight to Irun. I always think that maybe I won’t do it where I live, but I will do it in the surrounding areas. There’s a sense of tension here too.» A neighbor from Irun added that in the city he was said to have been seen wandering around the nightclub area before his departure.
Right at the exit of the nightclub, benicasimFerrandis came close to his first fatal accident on July 2, 1995. Sonia Rubioa 25-year-old English teacher, was walking home after a night of partying. of Bound, gagged, raped, strangled It was then left in a wooded area.
It is necessary to emphasize the fact that he was the first to die, as another woman had already seen his monstrous side before. When he murdered Sonia, he had just been released from prison, three months after being convicted in 1989. rape of young woman He left it near the hospital.
Many chronicles record that his acquaintances found it hard to believe that good old Simo (as they called him), who lived with his mother, was an educated and as shy formal insurance agent, was a sex offender. they collected signatures To protect his innocence.
He murdered Sonia in July 1995 and murdered three other young women during the remainder of the summer. Natalia Archelos, Francisca Salas, Mercedes Velez They worked as prostitutes, were drug addicts, and were somewhat rootless, so it took a while for their disappearances to be reported.
The body was discovered the following month, and the investigation was left partly to police and partly to private security. There was no connection between these crimes as committed by a serial killer.
Mr. Ferrandis acted like a predator – Observe and follow their movements, huntedraped and murdered them – it took him a year to claim a fifth victim, Amelia Garcia22 years old, worked at a stocking factory, disappeared on September 14, 1996 after leaving a nightclub in Castellon.
In February 1998, he was supposed to be the sixth murderer. I managed to escape He then wrote down the license plate of the assailant’s car and police tracked him down. they caught him red-handed when he was about to commit another crime. “simply I did the damage necessary to kill her.Yes, there was no torture, ”he said years later, already in prison.
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