Witnessing a crime should not be easy, because no matter how much you want to help, your identity is also endangered. Such was the case of some people who, with terror, recorded the moments in which a woman was kidnapped by a man and forced into the trunk of a car in broad daylight. The video was broadcast on networks and caused panic in the inhabitants of Murcia, Spain, the city where the events took place.
The people who were watching the crime spoke to the police while recording what was happening to have evidence, not knowing that the images would go viral on Twitter. All this happened at the end of December 2022 and, later, the authorities reported that the man had taken the woman to her house, located about 20 km from where he put her in the car and where she barricaded herself, using her as a hostage.
A mental illness led him to commit the kidnapping
Once the police elements arrived at the home, there was a small confrontation that ended with the release of the woman and the arrest of the subject, who is the victim’s brother. As reported, the man suffers from paraphrenia, a psychotic disorder similar to schizophrenia but with a greater amount and intensity of delusions, and in one of these crises, he decided to carry out the kidnapping.
The man had created a conspiracy theory that the government kidnapped children from working-class families and was convinced that his nephew was actually his son, but his sister had taken him away, so he had gone for her.
The shocking video
What the fuck?!?! pic.twitter.com/1Om0BJX5py
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Undoubtedly, all those present were stunned and could not believe what they were seeing, since the video shows the violence that the man is using. In addition, the victim’s screams of fear can be heard. One woman even risked getting close and opened the trunk, although the woman inside was unable to escape, as the man noticed her and immediately closed it and sped off.
The users who saw the video did not stop criticizing the people who were at the scene, who apparently did nothing to help the girl. However, it is said that the subject was armed and no one would dare to risk her life in that way.
What will happen to the man?
For now, the man will remain in the psychiatric unit of the Arrixaca hospital, until the doctors consider that he has recovered and has overcome the psychotic outbreak.
Once he receives the medical discharge, he will be transferred to the Fontcalent psychiatric prison center (Alicante), specialized in inmates with diagnosed mental disorders who have committed crimes, but who cannot be directly accused of prior mental illness.