Two men have been arrested in Madrid in connection with the deadly poisoning of a 42-year-old American tycoon and the former CEO of a Spanish shipyard, whose lifeless bodies were found. at the most upscale Westin Palace hotel in central Madrid in October.
The victim, identified as New Jersey-born José Rosado, returned to her hotel room with “two or three” men on the night of October 29, according to hotel footage.
When his Miami partner lost contact with him, hotel staff at the old palace, built by Spanish King Alfonso XIII in 1912, opened the door and found him dead.
Police immediately did not suspect foul play as there were no obvious signs of violence or suffocation. Surname told local media that Rosado died of natural causes.
Even after the discovery of fatal doses of psychotropic substances and alcohol in his body, poisoning remained unsuspected until it became clear that Rosado had also been robbed.
A Police Science investigation determined that some of his belongings were missing, after his partner in Miami was able to attest to what he had packed for the trip.
On Monday, after a lengthy investigation in which it became clear that he was likely killed in an attempt to “submit chemicals”. Police have detained a 39-year-old Romanian with nine previous arrests and a 29-year-old Moroccan man with 17 arrests for what police describe as “similar events”.
The two are said to have gone shopping with the deceased American’s credit card after they allegedly killed him.
Rosado became the CEO of Spain’s largest private shipbuilding company Hijos de J. Barreras, founded in 1892, in 2020. He left the yacht manufacturing company for the Ritz company- Carlton in 2021.
The Madrid murder squad now says the victim met her alleged killers at a party on October 29 and invited them back to her room for sex.
Police said the men likely lured the unsuspecting American with the intent of drugging, then stealing from him. Police were able to trace the suspects using DNA left at the scene. When arrested, they were found with a total of €2,500 in cash, new mobile phones and other computer equipment, jewelry and documents that did not belong to them and may have been used for fraudulent activity. cheat.
They have been charged with murder, violent robbery and fraud.
