New twist in the Daniel Sancho case: the knife he used in the crime of Edwin Arrieta disappears

Daniel Sancho (30) gave his last statement from prison on August 16 and wants this to prevail over the testimonies given on August 6 and 7. The chef, who remains awaiting trial for the alleged murder of Edwin Arrieta, states that he bought the knife and saw with which he dismembered the surgeon not with the purpose of committing any crime, but because he wanted to record a video on YouTube – Rodolfo Sancho's son had a channel about gastronomy on said platform. However, things have become even more complicated for him, because the Thai police have now lost both weapons.

The trial, which will take place from April 9 to May 3, will have to be held without these two tools, which were going to be crucial evidence for the case, as reported The Spanish newspaper after accessing the summary. Said media reports that this thai police ruling It is because his use of evidence was not particularly careful.

Sancho's last testimony

This same media also accessed the latest statement from Sancho, who wants his version from August 16 to be the one taken into account for the investigation that seeks to clarify the keys to the crime perpetrated on August 2 against Arrieta. Although he is accused of premeditated murder, in his confession his version coincides with that of his lawyers, since Sancho He assures that everything was caused by a fight which ended with the death of the Colombian surgeon.

“I bought those items to make a video clip on my YouTube channel Pure Enjoyment. After the incident, I used them to dismember the body, but that was not the purpose for which I originally bought it,” says Sancho Gracia's grandson in his statement.

Furthermore, Carmen Balfagón, Ramón Chippirrás and Marcos García-Montes, defenders of the accused, They claim that he had requested permission from the hotel director where he was staying so he could record the cooking videos from his room. The lawyers will call the woman to testify to confirm this information.

His chilling story, word by word

Thus, Although he admits to having dismembered the victim's body, the chef denies having used any weapon to murder him.. “While he was alive, I didn't use a knife to stab him. When I dismembered the body, the knife wasn't sharp enough, so I got angry,” he says in his testimony before recounting what the process was like.

“I started by using the saw to cut off his left wrist. Then I put it in the garbage bag. Then I cut the arm and neck. I used the knife to cut the meat and I used the saw to cut the bones that were hard,” said Silvia Bronchalo's son, who divided the remains of the body and distributed them to various points on the island.

“I paddled a kayak four or five times to throw the body parts into the sea. I threw her phone in a Louis Vuitton bag into the sea at Rin Beach. I put his passport and other documents in the plastic bag next to the body, but I don't know if I threw them into the sea or the trash,” said Sancho, who maintains that he ended Arrieta's life after getting into a physical fight. “I used my left hand to hit him hard in the face, two or three times,” he said.