Couple Decapitated and Dismembered by Man Sufferer Paid for ‘Excessive Intercourse’: Prosecutors

The trial of Yostin Andres Mosquera (above left) started this week after being charged with the murders of 62-year-old Albert Alfonso and 71-year-old Paul Longworth (above heart and proper, respectively).

Authorities found the physique components of the 2 victims in suitcases at Clifton Suspension Bridge in July 2024; a label on the bags led investigators to the victims’ flat, the place extra human stays had been present in a freezer chest.

Earlier than his trial began, the Colombian nationwide reportedly admitted to the manslaughter of Alfonso, however denied the homicide prices in opposition to him. Prosecutors, nonetheless, didn’t settle for the plea and his trial started Wednesday.

Right this moment in courtroom, prosecutors laid out their case and defined the hyperlink between the three males.

In line with prosecutors, by way of BBCMosquera was paid for his time with Alonso, who allegedly favored to interact in “excessive intercourse” acts. The additionally sufferer allegedly paid the suspect and one other man to carry out acts which had been filmed and shared on-line.

Although Alonso and Longworth had been in a civil partnership, prosecutors stated Longworth had “nothing to do with” his accomplice’s “excessive” intercourse life.

The suspect, authorities beforehand stated, “had been staying with them” for “a brief time period.” Photographs of the three on flickr even present them collectively again in Cartagena, within the suspect’s native nation of Colombia. One other photograph seemingly taken by Alfonso — an avid traveler — additionally confirmed Mosquera consuming fish and chips in London.

“They appeared to take pleasure in each other’s firm,” stated prosecutor Deanna Heer.

Prosecutors say Mosquera first killed Longworth by placing him with a hammer to the again of the pinnacle.

“Paul Longworth had been attacked with a hammer to the again of his head, struggling repeated blows, which shattered his cranium,” stated Heer, per The Guardianwho claimed the physique was then hidden in under-bed storage.

“Albert Alfonso had been repeatedly stabbed, struggling a number of wounds to his torso, his physique and his face and to his neck. None of that’s in dispute,” she acknowledged, including that Mosquera may “hardly deny killing” the second sufferer as a result of Alfonso’s homicide was caught on movie as they recorded themselves having intercourse.

Footage additionally allegedly confirmed the suspect “singing and dancing” across the house after the murders.

Main as much as the murders, Mosquera’s laptop confirmed he searched on-line for a chest freezer, collected details about Alfonso’s funds and seemed up the worth of the couple’s dwelling.

He additionally allegedly looked for “serial killers of London” and “Jack the ripper movie.”

Prosecutors imagine he “set about making an attempt to steal from” the victims after their deaths — and accuse him of messaging Alfonso’s boss after the murders to say he could be out of city in Costa Rica coping with a household emergency for 2 months.

The seek for Mosquera started, after police responded to a report of a person behaving “suspiciously” on the Clifton Suspension Bridge round midnight on July 10. Authorities then found the decapitated and dismembered our bodies of the 2 victims in suitcases on the landmark.

A label on one of many suitcases led authorities to the victims’ house, the place extra stays had been present in a chest freezer. Mosquera was arrested shortly after.

The trial is ongoing.