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Millionaire Executive Alberto Izaga Judged Insane After Battering Daughter to Death

By David Lohr

Shortly after millionaire insurance executive Alberto Izaga, 36, attended a motivational seminar given by South African explorer Mike Horn on May 29, 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland, the high-flying Spanish-born Londoner, according to friends, appeared to have been deeply affected by the conference, on which he reportedly had become fixated.  In fact, it was the first thing that he began talking about with his wife when he awoke the next morning.  Four days later, on June 3, after recalling having viewed the movie, Bug while on a recent vacation to the U.S., and after having not slept for at least 72 hours, Izaga attacked his two-year-old daughter, Yanire, by bashing her head against the wooden floor of his multi-million pound flat that overlooks the Houses of Parliament...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).