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The main suspect, and the only person convicted for the crime, was Rafael
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Javier
Anastasio had been detained in January 1983 and his trial as participant in the murder was set for 21 January 1988. However, a month before the trial he escaped to Brazil via Portugal, and since then his whereabouts have been unknown. The only sighting of him was seven years afterwards, when
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Spanish media have accorded this murder more coverage than most other crime stories of any period. Hundreds of pages of press coverage appeared after the murder, during the trial, and after the suicide of the convict. Several books have been published about the case, among them
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were discovered at a property belonging to his father and appeared identical with those used to kill the
Marquesses. The next day, Javier Anastasio de Espona, a friend of Escobedo, and Diego Martínez Herrera,
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The disappearance of the cartridges complicated the progress of
Escobedo's trial. In July 1983, however, Escobedo was found guilty and sentenced to 53 years in prison, and the sentence was confirmed by the
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was convicted of the crime, and later committed suicide in prison. Escobedo's friend Javier
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in 1985. Escobedo maintained his innocence, accusing
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in Brazil. In May 2010 the charges against him were withdrawn and the case was closed under the
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near Madrid. On 8 April 1981, Escobedo was arrested and confessed to police, after some pistol
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on 27 July 1988. The proceedings arising from this event fell to the then Judge of
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