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Arrested for a New Crime in a coruña, the Woman Sentenced to 144 Years in Prison for Murdering Elderly Women in Catalonia

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The Galician Remedios Sánchez Sánchez, sentenced almost two decades ago to 144 years in prison for the murder of several elderly women in Catalonia, has been arrested for the death of another older woman in A Coruña, according to reports from sources close to the case consulted by Europa Press. In particular, an investigation is under way for homicide in relation to the body found in a housing in the herculina city at the beginning of October, s…

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Remedios Sánchez Sánchez, known by the nickname of the old woman was sentenced to more than 140 years in prison for murdering two elderly women in Barcelona and serving her sentence in a Galician prison.

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The Galician Remedios Sánchez Sánchez, sentenced almost two decades ago to 144 years in prison for the murder of several elderly women in Catalonia, has been arrested for the death of another older woman in La Coruña, according to reports from sources close to the case consulted by Europa Press. In particular, an investigation is under way for homicide in relation to the body that appeared in a housing in the herculina city at the beginning of O…

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The Galician Remedios Sánchez Sánchez, sentenced almost two decades ago to 144 years in prison for the murder of several elderly women in Catalonia, has been arrested for the death of another older woman in A Coruña, according to reports from sources close to the case consulted by Europa Press. In particular, an investigation is under way for homicide in relation to the body found in a housing in the herculina city at the beginning of October, s…

·Madrid, Spain
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Remedios Sánchez, the woman who was sentenced in 2008 to 144 years in prison for murdering three elderly women in 2006 and trying with seven others, has been arrested in A Coruña on charges of another crime. El Ideal Gallego's arrest has been confirmed to this newspaper by sources close to the case. The police accuse her of having killed a woman in this Galician city during a prison permit, as she is serving a sentence in Teixeiro prison (Curtis…

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Investigation into whether Remedios Sánchez Sánchez is responsible for the violent death of an elderly woman in A Coruña

His first crime was in 2006. He killed Josefa, an elderly woman whom he strangled with a crocheted doily. He followed that with two more victims. Three murders in less than twenty days. The pattern was always the same: he gained the trust of older women, strangled them, and robbed them. With the money, he would hit the slot machines. “He grabbed me and beat the hell out of me. He made a face that didn't look like me,” recalls one of the victims.…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
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