The homeless Bulgarian man who brutally attacked and murdered Jennifer Mills-Westley in a Tenerife shop last week has been described as drug-addicted psychopath by Bulgarian, British and Spanish media alike.
Hailing from the northern Bulgarian riverside town of Rousse on the border with Romania, Deyan Deyanov has been described by the Daily Mail as the son of a "wealthy family" that was part of the communist nomenklatura. But despite coming from a "healthy, wealthy and educated" background, his life turned irreversibly for the worst.
He became addicted to hash and heroin from a young age, and deserted from the ranks of the Bulgarian army, Bulgarian mass circulation daily 24 Chassa reported. He grew up up in luxury but the constant use of cannabis, cocaine and heroin meant that he became estranged from his family, who wanted nothing to do with him, the report said.
Prior to the attack on Mills-Westley, Deyanov was described as a violent and rowdy person who kept people awake at night in the Los Cristianos resort, as he would walk around talking to himself, and bark and howl at the moon.
He would yell and randomly attack people. Once he attacked a man and knocked out several teeth simply because the victim refused to give him a lighter. Despite several warnings that he was dangerous to the public and the growing concerns about his mental health, he was detained in a psychiatric hospital for only five days for assessment and then freed on bail, the Daily Mail reported.
It also emerged that Spanish police had described him as a danger to the public three months before he beheaded Jennifer Mills-Westley.
After another round of random violence, a Spanish judge had issued on May 10, just three days before the Mills-Westley's death, a nationwide arrest warrant. Because Deyanov was homeless and did not have an exact address, he was never picked up. According to Bulgarian media reports, "the Spanish police knew exactly where he was, but probably played down the importance of his case".
Deyanov is said to have freaked out after his girlfriend left him because of manic behaviour and drug use. According to British tabloid The Sun, Deyanov spent two spells in a psychiatric hospital, including once in the UK for a month. It was after that particular incident that a cousin of Deyanov who lives in the UK told British press that Deyanov's father decided that he had had enough and wanted nothing more to do with him anymore.
The day he killed Mills-Westley, Deyanov went into a store to ask for a knife "that big" so that "he can go off and kill someone". The shop-owner, named in Bulgarian media as Carlos, told Deyanov to leave his store and that he did not sell knives. Somehow, Deyanov got his hands on a knife that he used to decapitate and stab Mills-Westley.
"If it had been dealt with differently this terrible crime could have been avoided. He should not have been released from the psychiatric hospital," The Daily Mail quoted local politician Manuel Reveron as saying.
Deyanov remains in prison, having been refused bail and pending a psychiatric evaluation.
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