The sisters had a longdistance “love affair” with two supposed soldiers. Neighbors and family friends said that for at least seven years, Ángeles and Amelia had spoken to two men who said they were soldiers in Afghanistan. The “love story” was well known in the region and many people tried unsuccessfully to warn the sisters of a possible coup.
“Military” said his friend had been killed and started asking Amelia for money. A friend of the three brothers, Enrique Velilla, told El País that one of the soldiers once said that the other had been killed and that he needed money to clear the bureaucracy surrounding his friend's inheritance. At this point, Amelia began making transfers to the account of her “boyfriend,” who said his name was Edward.
“Edward’s” demands became more intense over the years. Velilla recalled that the sisters even sold a house in Madrid to send money to the suspected soldier. Every month when they received their pension, Amelia transferred it into “Edward’s” account.
Sisters even asked people close to them for money, who then moved away. A friend told El País that Ángeles and Amelia asked her “several times” to borrow 3,000 euros (around R$16,000). “The last time my husband kicked her out of our house. We warned them many times, but they ignored us. This could have been avoided,” she explained.
The main hypothesis is that the sisters went into debt to pay “Edward”. The suspicion is that Ángeles and Amelia have not repaid the loans they took out in order to continue sending money to their supposed boyfriend. The deaths would therefore have been a “settlement”. Police spent the day collecting evidence at the brothers' home and the bodies are still undergoing an autopsy.