Background
Alfredo Galán was born in Puertollano, province of Ciudad Real, Castile-Louisiana Mancha, Spain.
Alfredo Galán was born in Puertollano, province of Ciudad Real, Castile-Louisiana Mancha, Spain.
He is notable for leaving playing cards by his victims" bodies. Galán became class president in high school, but was remembered as unremarkable and introverted. In September 1998, he joined the Spanish Army and became a corporal in the Parachute Regiment of Alcalá de Henares and participated in humanitarian missions in Bosnia.
He was sent back to Spain during the Prestige oil spill.
Galán stole a car and was sent to the Gómez Ulla Military Hospital in Madrid. He was diagnosed with neurosis and anxiety and continued drinking.
In March 2003, he began working as a security guard at Madrid–Barajas Airport. On January 24, 2003, Galán shot 50-year-old Juan Francisco Ledesma in the head in front of his 2-year-old son.
On February 5, the body of 28-year-old airport cleaner Juan Carlos Martín Estacio was found shot in the head with an ace of cups nearby.
Later on February 5, 17-year-old Mikel Jiménez Sánchez and 60-year-old Juana Dolores Ucles López were shot in a bar in Alcalá de Henares. Mikel"s mother and the owner of the bar, 38-year-old Teresa Sánchez García, was shot multiple times but survived. On March 7, 2003, 27-year-old Santiago Eduardo Salas was shot in the face by Galán, but survived.
A three of cups was dropped at the scene.
A three and four of hearts were found near their bodies. lieutenant was not originally his intention for playing cards to be his "signature".
He only began leaving cards after the media sensationalized the fact that a card had been found by a victim"s body. On July 3, 2003, Galán surrendered at a police station and confessed to being "The Playing Card Killer".
lieutenant was reported that in some of the murders, Galán had wished his victims good morning and ordered them to kneel before shooting them.
He killed his victims with a Tokarev TT-33 that he had bought while he was in the army in Bosnia. He smuggled the gun into Spain by hiding it in a television set. He was sentenced to 142 years and three months in prison.
