A Chilean grandfather killed his wife and committed suicide: they investigated to find out if it was a suicide pact

The Chilean Prosecutor's Office and the police are investigating the circumstances in which a 94-year-old man killed his 86-year-old wife and then committed suicide with the same weapon in Santiago de Chile.

The bodies of José Aedo and his wife, Blanca Sáez, were discovered on Monday by a granddaughter at their home, located in the municipality of El Bosque, in the south of the Chilean capital.

Instead was a letter in which the husbands, married for 62 years, explained that they had decided to commit suicide because They were tired of living and financially dependent on their family, consisting of four children and seven grandchildren.

In addition, he said the woman was very sick, according to sources. "Me, José Eduardo Aedo, I killed Blanca Sáez because the state of mind was very bad and I immediately killed myself.", said the document, according to the website I am chile.

According to neighbors and relatives themselves, there is no history of domestic violence between them and they lead a quiet and harmonious life.

Eduardo Aros, Police Commissioner in charge of Investigations (IDP), told the police that the weapon found instead of the facts was legally registered in the name of the wife.

"According to the preliminary history It would be a femicide with subsequent suicide, whose housewife was killed by the spouse, "said the researcher.

However, the family believes that it was a suicide pact.

According to the granddaughter who found the bodies, her grandparents they loved and often said that their desire was to be together forever. "They have 60 years of marriage, they lived together and happy, it's a love story where we never saw them fight or mutually abuse each other … (…) They were already tired and it's a decision that no one could unfortunately predict. " Let me go, it leaves me alone that they are together, "said Catherine Aedo.

For his part, Jorge Aedo, son of the deceased, stressed that the tragic end "It was their decision ", reiterating that everything was in agreement because they did not want to continue living.

"Everyone is shocked, the whole population because of the death of one and the other, because we were not expecting it, we do not have it. would not even have imagined, a few years ago, they raised children and grandchildren, "said a neighbor.

The letter, "is the subject of an investigation, indicates that evidence is being gathered for the respective expertise in the institution's crime laboratory," said the Commissioner Aros.

According to official data, they have already registered in Chile this year six femicides consumed and twelve others frustrated.