Encarni didn’t die in the crash? Due to a shocking twist in the case, they investigate whether her husband killed her, who committed suicide 12 hours after the accident

A murder was ‘covered up’ by a traffic accident and throughout Motril, a city in Spain, nothing else is spoken of, because it is nothing more and nothing less than the death of the dear Encarni, a woman ‘devoted to her two daughters and her husband Manolo”.

On the night of May 6, 2023, news broke that Encarni had died in a crash. Twelve hours later, José Manuel Jiménez, her husband of twenty years, committed suicide.

The couple had two daughters, ages 12 and 15. In Motril, they remember Encarni Muñoz, the daughter of a fashion store owner, as a strong and hardworking woman, El Universo published on May 13.

Three months after this double tragedy for the Jiménez and Muñoz families, a hypothesis emerges that changes the whole story – now they investigate gender violence – and fills it with more pain.

“Manolo and Encarni loved each other very much”: a woman dies in a traffic accident and her husband commits suicide 12 hours later

There were no previous complaints of gender violence by the victim against the alleged aggressor.

Government Delegation Against Gender Violence

Encarni’s death

The Spanish press titled “The tragic end of Encarni and Manolo is investigated as a possible case of sexist violence” (Telecinco), Encarni and Manolo, the sad love story that concealed a sexist crime (El Mundo) and “He did not die in a traffic accident , but murdered: the hypothesis that gives a new twist to the case of Encarni’s death in Motril” (20 minutes), among other media, and the surprise is really great.

On May 6, Manolo was driving in Villamena (Granada) “when he hit an obstacle in the middle of the road. To avoid this, he tried to swerve, but eventually lost control of the vehicle,” says 20 Minutes.

“The situation was uncontrollable. The vehicle left the road and fell down a three-meter drop, in a wooded area,” the outlet described, citing sanitary emergencies.

According to what was said on that occasion, the man tried in vain to bring her back to life. He announced that he would go home, but committed suicide with his gun because he was an agent of the Guardia Civil. He killed himself on Plata Granada for twenty minutes.

Is it murder now?

Encarni died of mechanical asphyxia, so the media publish when they learn the result of the autopsy.

“The hypothesis now under consideration takes into account the possibility that the woman was already traveling lifeless, having died before the car accident,” 20 Minutes reported.

There were no signs that the collision was serious enough to be the clear cause of the woman’s death.

Granada today

Two more elements are analyzed: body temperature was not compatible with death on the spot and it is thought that Manolo “could have used an iron bar to hit the car after the accident.”

It’s without a doubt an important and impressive twist in this story of Manolo and Encarni who had been “together since they were kids,” as mentioned in May.

Now Granada Hoy reports: “With this death, 37 women have already died this year due to gender violence in Spain and 12 in Andalusia.”

Three months ago, the media emphasized how everyone remembered the beloved couple. A close friend, David, said, “They loved each other very much. They were looking for each other, they were like that. Where he went, she went and vice versa.

In Motril, the press said, the city council called for a minute of silence for the night of Friday, August 25, to remember Encarni.

(JO)

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