A POST-MORTEM on former Caja Madrid boss Miguel Blesa confirms his death was a suicide, not murder, according to the Guardia Civil who staged a reconstruction.
The tycoon, who was facing up to six years in prison for embezzlement, tax evasion and dubious transactions to line his pockets whilst knowing they would cause the bank to collapse, had been out hunting on Wednesday morning and was breakfasting with a friend at around 08.00, when he excused himself for a moment, saying he had to move his car.
Seconds later, his friend heard a shot fire and, on investigating discovered Blesa, 69, dead in the garage.
Police say the bank director, who held category D and E licences for hunting rifle ownership and had 15 of them in his possession, had placed the gun vertically on the floor, upright with the barrel upwards, and leant onto the barrel, pressing his chest against it.
He then pulled the trigger so that a single bullet went through his heart.
The position of the gun and his body, and the only fingerprints on the trigger being his own, enabled police to re-enact the scene and work out how Blesa had killed himself.
He was cremated this afternoon (Thursday) and his ashes will be buried tomorrow in Linares (Córdoba province).
