What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 1980
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 2
- Coordinates
- 40.43° N, 3.80° W
- Description
- 1980 murder in Madrid, Spain
Assassination of the Marquesses of Urquijo
1980 murder in Madrid, Spain
The Spanish nobles María Lourdes de Urquijo, 5th Marchioness of Urquijo and Grandee of Spain, and her husband Manuel de la Sierra, were murdered in their Madrid home on 1 August 1980. Their son-in-law Rafael Escobedo was convicted of the crime, and later committed suicide in prison. Escobedo's friend Javier Anastasio de Espona fled before being brought to trial, but much later asserted his innocence.
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