He Shot His Brother in Their Shared Bed. 77 Days Later, a Whole Principality Walked Him to the Guns
3 a.m. Two brothers. One bed. One shotgun.
In 1943, Pere Areny Aleix killed his sleeping brother in a stone house in the Pyrenees — then became the last man a European principality ever executed. No lawyer. A public rosary. Six rifles, and only one loaded.
The court said he did it for the inheritance.
The file says his mind was already breaking.
Alexander Lawson on the fratricide Andorra tried to bury — and the firing squad it never used again.
New episode of A True Crime Podcast.
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