Josep Talleda i Andreu

Josep Talleda Andreu (June 18, 1941 – November 22, 2012) was a Spanish murderer, child molester and suspected serial killer convicted of two murders in Catalonia, occurring in 1987 and 2003, respectively. Imprisoned for these charges, he was considered the prime suspect in one other murder and a disappearance, for which he was never charged. He died in a prison hospital in 2012, following an undisclosed illness. Talleda denied culpability, and since there was a lack of evidence for an arrest, he was let off the hook. She had been violently beaten, and her throat had been slit. Shortly before, Talleda had gone to the police station to report an assault by Papa's boyfriend, Rudolf. However, after noticing contradictions in his statements, as well as mysterious stab wounds on his hands, he was eventually arrested as a suspect in the woman's murder. Officers were dispatched to search his apartment, finding numerous blood particles on the floor, as well as ropes and plastic bags identical to those used on the body. Additionally, it was determined that Talleda had killed Papa sometime around April 1, he had kept her body in his freezer until April 19, before he transported it in a shopping cart and dumped it in the river. His attorney attempted to convince the judge and jury that since his client lived with his wife and two daughters, it would have been impossible for them not to notice the body, and instead suggested that Papa had been killed by intruders while in Talleda's flat. In addition, he claimed that it would have been very hard for Talleda, a diabetic suffering from dizzy spells, to physically lift up the woman's body. These arguments were thrown out, however, and Talleda was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for the Papa killing.

Suspected murders Aside from his two confirmed murders, Talleda was designated the prime suspect in two others: the first was the 1978 disappearance of Francisca Boix, a neighbor who often visited his workshop in Sant Hilari Sacalm. This was suggested shortly after his conviction for the Ávila murder, as her sister mentioned in her testimony that he brought the two girls to the Susqueda Reservoir to pray and leave flowers.

The second was the murder of Maria Teresa Rubio, whose body was found by the roadside in Vilanova del Vallès in late 2001, en route to Talleda's workplace. Her identity was unknown at first, and she was positively identified via DNA six years later. Rubio, the wife of Talleda's former cellmate, was last seen accompanying him on January 11, 2001. In spite of the suspicious circumstances, he was not charged at the time due to the lack of a body.

Death Talleda, who never confessed to any of the crimes, was remanded to the Centre Penitenciari Brians 1 in Sant Esteve Sesrovires following his second conviction. He remained there until 2012, when he was transported to the Terrassa Health Consortium, where he succumbed to an illness on November 22, 2012, aged 71.