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Alfredo Galán Sotillo,"The Playing Card Killer" : Serial Killer Documentary

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• published: 16 Jan 2016
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Alfredo Galán Sotillo (born April 5, 1978), also known as "The Playing Card Killer", is a Spanish serial killer who killed six people and wounded three from January 4-March 18, 2003. He is notable for leaving playing cards by his victims' bodies. Alfredo Galán was born in Puertollano, province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. 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 Central Hospital of Defense 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 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 is shot in the face by Galán but survived. Salas's friend, 29-year-old Anahid Castillo Ruperti, was able to escape unharmed. A three of cups was dropped at the scene. Galán killed 40-year-olds Gheoghie Magda and his wife Doinae, a Romanian couple, on March 18, 2003 in Arganda del Rey in Madrid. A three and four of hearts were found near their bodies. It was not originally his intention for playing cards to be his "signature". He only began leaving cards after the media sensationalized that a card was found by a victim's body.