Carmelo Fandino

**Partner(s)** | Michelle Alonzo (ex-fiancée)

**Carmelo Fandino** was the victim in See In Scarlet (Case #35 of Graecita).

## Profile

Carmelo was a Barcelonian bullfighter who had black hair, brown eyes, a black moustache and a spot of facial hair on his chin. He wore a traditional black-gold matador uniform and a matching montera.

## Murder details

Pegasus drops off Zachary and Mia at an alleyed town in Barcelona. The place was empty and they guessed that people have either flocked the city or are trapping themselves in their homes for protection. They try to look for the bull but there was now sign of him, but they could tell he was here through all the broken signs and outdoor furniture on the roads. However, as they walked the passages, they find a naked man laying on the street, injured and unconscious. When the duo saw him, they felt concerned and rushed to aid him, but he turned out dead. Zachary and Mia observe the corpse and determined that he must’ve been attacked by Cerus and that the bull caused the man to get castrated, which made Zachary clutch onto his balls, imagining the pain. But then they notice a word carved to his chest: “CERDO” which meant “pig” in Spanish and this made them figure out that this wasn’t just a bull attack and they were dealing with a murder.

## Killer and motives

Ultimately, the Carmelo’s wife María-Luisa Fandino turned out to be his killer. María went ballistic when accused of the murder, calling herself the easiest person they could “pin the murder on”, but once she calmed down, she admitted that she killed her husband and that he deserved it. Zachary asked her if she killed him because of his unfaithfulness, but María swore it had more to do with that. María explained that the first years being married to Carmelo were magical but overtime he began exposing her to his “true self”. As the eyes passed, Carmelo started becoming aggressive towards her, at first it was just shouting matches but soon, it became physical. Every night, he would come home drunk and would find any excuse to yell at her or hit her that she became anxious whenever he was home. María couldn’t handle this environment any longer so she filed for divorce but when she confronted him with the documents, he got really angry at her and decided to “remind her of how much she loved him”. Zachary was horrified when she got to that detail, and María cried as she talked about it, expressing how she couldn’t believe he would do that to her and it made her feel disgusted, angry and scared, knowing there was no way she could escape from Carmelo. María then told the duo that last night, when they were in “La Puta de la Mar”, Carmelo got really drunk, to the point that he was unfunctional and needed help walking. As they were walking along the passages, María sees Cerus and at first she felt scared but then looked at her husband and decided this way the perfect time to have her revenge. She stripped Carmelo and using his sword she carved the word “CERDO” on his chest. After that, she took her cigarette out of her mouth and burned his scrotum caused him to let out a scream that attracted the bull. When the bull looked at their direction, she used her husband’s red cape to trigger the bull and when he charged, she got out of the way and watched as Cerus castrated Carmelo. After hearing her motive, Zachary and Mia felt bad for her but took her to the Spanish police to be charged for the murder.

## Trivia

* Carmelo was modeled after Spanish actor and director, Antonio Banderas.

## Gallery

María-Luisa Fandino, Carmelo’s wife and killer.Michelle Alonzo, Carmelo’s ex-fiancée.Marigold Carson, Carmelo's ex-girlfriend.