Ricardo Alberto Barreda (born in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine dentist who was sentenced to life imprisonment on August 17, 1995 for the murders of his wife, his two daughters and of his mother-in-law on November 15, 1992. Barreda killed his family because they insulted him with verbal attacks at all times.
On November 15, 1992, Barreda killed his family with a shotgun. After killing them, Barreda went to a bar and drank a few beers. At 10 PM, he returned to his home, called to the police, and confessed to the murders.
Ricardo "Riqui" Barreda (born 1936, in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentine dentist who was sentenced to life imprisonment on August 17, 1995 for the murders of his wife Gladys Mac Donald of 57 years old, his two daughters both rounding their mid 20s (Adriana was a dentist and Cecilia a lawer) and of his 86 years old mother-in-law Elena Arreche on November 15, 1992.
According to Barreda he killed his family because they insulted him with verbal and physical attacks at all times. They called him names such as "Conchita" (in English pussy) and referred to him as a useless, unemployed, perverted and mentally challenged being.
On the morning of November 15, 1992, Barreda was having a nice day, until he became mad for the unpleasant treatment his wife gave him that particular day, so he took his beloved shotgun a 16,5 gauge, double barrel, Vda. e Hijos Victor Sarrasqueta shotgun (which was given to him as a gift by his mother-in-law) and killed his family.
First he shot his wife down with a blast to her chest very at short distance in the kitchen, then Cecilia (his oldest daughter) who was standing near his mother was murdered. After doing so and as he was reloading his gun, Adriana came running down the stairs shouting, she didn't reach the lowest step as she was killed with a blast to the head before. According to him he saved the best for the last, he went and shot Elena Arreche with a double blast to the back and then another double blast to the head.
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