Two boys aged 17 and 16 arrested for the death of a woman immobilized and gagged during a robbery at her home

The National Police have arrested two minors, aged 17 and 16 and residents of Burgos, as alleged perpetrators of the death of an 83-year-old woman at her home on Vitoria Street, who died from respiratory failure after being gagged and immobilized, which prevented her from accessing the oxygen device she needed in her daily life.

The detainees were located and gave statements, and late in the morning of Saturday, October 17, once the police report was completed, they were handed over to the Burgos prosecutor's office, which must decide whether to admit them to a juvenile center as a precautionary measure.

The agents have also managed to recover several of the gold jewelry stolen from inside the home.

From the first moment, the National Police investigated the woman's death as a homicide and worked with robbery as the main hypothesis, without ruling out other motivations.

The complete visual inspection inside the home revealed an obvious disorder and suggested that the perpetrator or perpetrators were looking for something of value, since they had focused on the rooms where money or jewelry is usually kept.

According to the autopsy, the body showed no other signs of violence, police sources detailed in a statement. The taking of statements also made it possible to define with great precision the moment of the events: the robbery and the death of the woman occurred during the course of that same afternoon.

From there, Judicial Police officials carried out numerous investigative efforts, including viewing cameras, which allowed them to reach those now detained.