The murder of Maialen Mazón, 32 years old, in an aparthotel in Vitoria this weekend has shocked Alabois society, perplexed by a case of male violence that brings together a set of particularly dramatic components. The Security Department of the Basque Government confirmed yesterday that the young woman had tried to annul, at least twice, the restraining order against her ex-partner, Jaime Roca, a 33-year-old businessman arrested on Sunday night as the alleged perpetrator of the crime. The suspect is also the father of their daughter, Aitana, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl who was found next to the corpse in a bloodied room. He would also be the biological father of the twins the victim was expecting.
Although she was from Vitoria, the couple had lived for the last few years in the Valencian Community, where Jaime Roca is from. According to the investigations, they maintained an extremely toxic relationship, marked by the violence that this man exerted on the young woman. The detainee had a restraining order that prevented him from approaching the victim, with whom he maintained, despite everything, a relationship that had not yet been definitively broken.
The Department of Security has found that Maialen tried to cancel the restraining order on Roca at least twice. The first time was last January, when they visited the Basque Country and the Ertzaintza was able to verify that the estrangement was being broken, although with the consent of the victim.
The second time was a few days ago, on May 18. He informed the Ertzaintza that he had returned to live in Vitoria, his city of origin. He also indicated that he did not feel "fear" or a sense of "danger" regarding Jaime Roca, with whom he still maintained a close relationship, and tried again to cancel the restraining order.
The young woman had settled in an aparthotel in the central Avenida Gasteiz and, according to the first investigations, lived there only with her daughter. Despite this, Maialen herself would have informed the attacker of her whereabouts. On Sunday he had stayed for lunch with his family. Since he did not show up, a group of relatives moved to the aparthotel. There they found the young woman, stabbed, and little Aitana, in a completely bloody habituation.
The Basque police believe that the crime took place during Saturday night; it is still not clear if the alleged killer ran away or if he spent the night at the aparthotel. On Sunday evening he was arrested near Zaragoza, when he was in a taxi heading for the Valencian Community.
