The knife that pierced his neck Juan Martinez (Almansa, Ciudad Real, 43 years old) Missed the aorta by 2 mm. His stepdaughter and former partner Maria del MarAnd her boyfriend, Antonio David Alias EnginesThey made a plan for that Get it out of the way: They hired a hitman to kill him and take out 300,000 euros on his life insurance.
The events go back to 2018. They knocked on Martinez’s door while he was having dinner with him ButHis wife’s daughter. And the one who answered was Stevea friend of Engines At the same time, Professional killer.
On the pretext that it was Enma’s supposed friend He needed help because his phone had run out of battery and he needed to make a call. They convinced the victim to leave his home and go to a local bar for a drink.
Juan with his stepdaughter in an old photo.
13 stab wounds in the neck
As he leaned against the establishment’s bar, Martinez noticed that Steven was acting strangely. So get close to him I stood behind. “I noticed goosebumps and something cold running down my neck and I thought of a screwdriver, but it was a knife,” Martinez told EL ESPAÑOL after receiving treatment. 13 stab wounds almost cost him his life.
“They ran away. I remembered the time I spent in military training to try to heal the wound. I kept calm and tried to solve the problem on my own. I tried to call the police. Civil Guard “But my phone was covered in blood and I couldn’t,” the man from Almansa adds.
The man heard his 15-year-old stepdaughter in the bar repeat several times to the killer: “Kill him, kill him!”. In addition to the injuries to his neck, Martinez was stabbed in the collarbone, wrists, nose, forehead and even had a punctured lung.
The truth is that the killer and his stepdaughter did not leave. Juan left the bar, took his car, and shut it off. The two broke into the car to try to get into it.. And they got it. “I saw that Enma did nothing to stop him,” Martinez says.
Hits to the head
Before getting into the car, Enma picked up a rock and hit her stepfather on the head six times with it.. Juan tried to escape as quickly as possible under the control of his car, but it was a turbulent journey.
“I thought about hitting the car “So they can determine my geographical location and come for me,” the victim asserts. Her stepdaughter kept telling her to drop it and not contact the authorities: “Stop it.”
Injuries to Juan Martinez’s head.
“My daughter betrayed me”
He closed his eyes and hurriedly saw a tree and went straight to it.. They fled and left the man from Al-Basit lying there. Juan pleaded with other riders on countless occasions to contact emergency services so they could treat his multiple injuries. “My stepdaughter cheated on me,” the man from Albacete lamented in a conversation with this newspaper.
finally, Martinez He got as close to a neighbor’s house as he could and called an ambulance. It took doctors three minutes to reach this location. During the flight from Almansa To a hospital in Al-Basit, Doctors resuscitated the victim three times.
He stayed 10 days in an induced coma. “I woke up in the hospital and the first person I saw was my brother Sergio,” the man says. “I told him it was him, but he didn’t believe it.”
For all these facts they ruled Maria del MarJuan’s former partner, was sentenced to 13 years in prison as the intellectual author of the attempted murder. to her boyfriend, Anthony DavidTo nine, because he was the one who searched for Juan’s executioner; And the killer Steveto 11. With regard to civil liability, to Juan’s compensation is 462 thousand euros.
With fear
When these events occurred, Juan was 35 years old. His stepdaughter had barely entered high school. Now, this businessman, is a food producer Gourmet and Who no longer continues to work due to the dire consequencesHe’s still afraid, even though it’s been nearly a decade since that horror he experienced firsthand.
“At night I feel lonely at home”The simple man admits. In addition, he confirms that his ex-partner did not have a job: “I supported her.”
Currently, Martinez says her 23-year-old stepdaughter lives at home Albacete; his ex-partner, Maria del Maris still in prison, specifically, in Madrid’s first prison, known as Alcalá Mico for Women.
Engines However, the Colombian killer has already enjoyed some prison leave, a fact that worries Martinez a little: “I don’t understand how they can go out into the street.”.