Josep Juanpere died after a suspected heart attack in Baqueira. An autopsy found internal cervical injuries linked to external force. His partner is free on bail as investigators examine a possible homicide.
On 26 December, architect Josep Juanpere died in an apartment in Baqueira after a hospital visit two days earlier. The first forensic conclusion pointed to a heart attack. A later autopsy found internal injuries in his neck.
Investigators now believe those injuries may be compatible with external force, according to La Vanguardia. The central question is whether they were connected to the cardiac arrest that followed.
По сообщениям Infobae, первая судебно-медицинская экспертиза не выявила признаков преступления; последующие данные о повреждениях шеи изменили направление расследования.
The case changed.
Belén L. is under investigation for a possible homicide. She is provisionally free after a bail arrangement worth 80,000 euros.
Police arrested her in Madrid last Wednesday. She appeared before the Vielha court on Friday. The court ordered preventive detention after questioning her, with release available on bail at the request of the Fiscalía.
About two hours later, the judge granted her three days to raise the required 80,000 euros. She was then released provisionally.
The restrictions remain. The court withdrew her passport and barred her from leaving Spain.
The Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña, known as the TSJC, confirmed the measures. 20minutos and Telemadrid reported the decision, citing the TSJC. The case remains open as a possible homicide. It has not been closed as a natural death.
Предварительное заключение с возможностью освобождения под залог не является приговором: Belén L. остаётся подозреваемой, а окончательная причина смерти и значение шейных повреждений должны быть установлены в рамках расследования.
The legal development follows the earlier court decision that placed the partner in preventive custody with a bail option.
Juanpere travelled to Baqueira with his partner for the Christmas holidays. He became unwell after dinner and received treatment at the Hospital de Vielha.
The following day, he returned with Belén L. to their apartment in Baqueira. He died there on 26 December, two days after the hospital visit.
Police suspicion reportedly grew because Belén L. did not call emergency services after his condition worsened. That concern preceded her detention as the alleged author of a homicide. The case remains a presumption under investigation, not a final judicial finding.
Belén L. is 64 and comes from a prominent family of hotel entrepreneurs. She has been released provisionally after the bail decision. She is still under investigation over her alleged connection with Juanpere's death.
The original heart-attack finding has not disappeared. It now sits alongside a second forensic concern involving the neck.
That conflict drives the case.
Investigators are treating the cervical injuries as materially relevant rather than incidental. The court's restrictions show that the issue remains active.
The judicial process must establish what caused the injuries and whether they contributed to the cardiac arrest. Until then, the homicide allegation remains unresolved. The narrower point is clear: the investigation no longer rests only on a sudden medical death. The cervical injuries give investigators a concrete reason to examine possible external force.
