The son of Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho Aguirre has been formally charged over the murder and later dismembering of the body of his now-deceased lover in Thailand
Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, the son of actor Rodolfo Sancho Aguirre has pleaded guilty to the murder of his boyfriend Edwin Arrieta Arteaga and has been charged with premeditated murder and the concealing and removing of body parts to cover up a death.
The Spanish chef who boasted thousands of followers on his YouTube and Instagram pages was arrested over the weekend as police in Thailand believed he had killed Edwin, 44. Daniel, 29, later admitted to the murder and was remanded in custody after he stated he had killed Edwin before chopping up his body, hiding parts in a suitcase and also dumping some at sea.
He claimed to the Spanish news agency EFE that his late boyfriend had taken him “hostage” and that he was obsessed with him. His guilty plea comes less than a week after Sancho filed a missing people report at a Koh Phangan police station.
Daniel claimed that Edwin, a Colombian surgeon, had gone missing on a beach resort where they had planned to visit a full moon party. It’s believed the couple who had been together for over a year became embroiled in a heated feud. According to EFE, Daniel said: “I am guilty, but I was Edwin’s hostage. He held me hostage. It was a glass cage, but it was a cage.”