As the days go by, the information on the case of Daniel Sancho is reaffirming some versions and hypotheses of the crime of Edwin Arrieta. For example, according to the testimonies of the victim's family and friends, the surgeon planned to come and live in Spain to formalize his relationship with the chef.
Although, on the other hand, the closest circle of the alleged murderer indicates the possibility that he had help, that is, an accomplice. However, there is a testimony that would deny Daniel Sancho's version of events the day after the crime and just before reporting the doctor's disappearance. She is about the girl who was with him in Thailand. One of the most anticipated testimonies that could give another twist to the case.
Daniel Sancho's statement is questioned again thanks to a key witness in the story: one of the young women who would have accompanied the Spaniard on Thursday, August 3, the day after the crime. In fact, a waiter from Koh Phagan confirmed this information to This is life: he served him in the company of two girls and, in the afternoon, he was only with one.
According to this worker, everything happened as follows on August 3: “He arrived alone, around 11 in the morning, he sat down and then they arrived. They started talking and left. In the afternoon he returned accompanied by one of them. She was between 36-37 years old, she was older than him and a little shorter. They spoke to each other in English. It felt like a date."
Semana magazine managed to locate said young woman in the last few hours and talk to her. This is the last person Daniel Sancho was with before the news of Edwin Arrieta's murder came to light and whose testimony could turn the case around.
“Yes, I know him and I was with him all morning until the full moon. But I wasn't with him at the Full Moon party. He never made it to the Full Moon party. He was with a girl and he went with her on the bike. When he was already going to the party, he stopped at the police station and there he said that his friend had disappeared and they… well, you know the rest, ”he assured the aforementioned publication.
Therefore, this testimony refutes a part of Daniel Sancho's statement before the Thai authorities. In other words, he points out again that the Spanish chef is lying because, remember, according to his words, he reported the disappearance of Edwin Arrieta after attending the popular party accompanied by two girls.
This version was considered valid at the time, but given what was revealed by Semana, the veracity of the chef's testimony would once again be questioned. As the spokesperson for Daniel Sancho's family, the criminologist Carmen Balfalgón, pointed out in Fiesta: "We still have a lot of information to know."
