Investigators have found elements of the crime that do not coincide with a domestic violence scenario, according to the local newspaper El Punt Avui. These include the fact that Mr Protosenya’s clothes did not show any bloodstains, and the women’s killer apparently used socks as gloves, presumably to avoid leaving fingerprints on the weapons.
The three bodies were found in a villa in the Catalan resort town of Lloret de Mar on Tuesday, just one day after the bodies of Vladislav Avaev, a former Gazprombank executive, his wife and 13-year-old daughter were found dead from bullet wounds. in their Moscow apartment.
Initial reports suggested Mr Avaev shot his family before pointing the gun at himself, but Russian police said they would investigate any potential links to his work and personal life.
Until recently, Mr. Avaev, 51, was vice president of Gazprombank, a bank set up to serve gas giant Gazprom, and previously served in the Kremlin under Vladimir Putin.
Protosenya’s son reported the incident to the police
Mr Protosenya, 56, has been deputy chairman of Novatek, a Russian natural gas producer, since 2015 and had a fortune of $ 440 million a decade ago, according to Russian media reports.
Spanish authorities have been notified of a possible emergency at the Protosenyas Spanish residence by the businessman’s son, who said he spoke to his family Monday night before contacting police on Tuesday when no one answered their phone.
Catalan police said they were waiting for the results of the autopsy of the three bodies and were also checking whether the images from the security cameras of the villa could show whether someone outside the family had entered the house in the hours before the crimes.
Novatek and Gazprombank have been affected by Western sanctions against Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine.
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