Amaia Salazar—Inés

Inés’s relationship with Amaia Salazar is brief but consequential: when Amaia needs to identify a man connected to the case, Inés recognizes Doctor Berasategui from his visits to the workshop where she worked and gives Amaia details that help the investigation move forward.

The Call for Help

Amaia’s inquiry brings her to Inés after a witness in Elizondo says she does not recognize the man police are asking about, while Johana Márquez’s mother asks to speak with the inspector. Inés’s account supplies the recognition the investigation needs: she says the man had been a customer at the workshop where she worked. Her willingness to talk turns a local recollection into a lead for Amaia.

What Inés Remembers

Inés recalls a luxurious Mercedes, which she identifies by its star, and says the man returned to the workshop several times. She clarifies that he was not coming to deal with the car: he came to have coffee with someone there. His elegance, education, and apparent wealth struck her as unusual beside the mechanic, and she had once asked about the acquaintance; she was told it was none of her business. Inés remembers seeing the visitor on a couple of occasions, making her account a report of repeated contact rather than a single encounter.

The Lead’s Significance

Amaia thanks Inés for the information, then looks at the hospital photograph of Doctor Berasategui before calling her aunt, Engrasi. The sequence connects Inés’s memory to the suspect’s identification: her description gives the police a reason to associate Doctor Berasategui with the workshop and its mechanic. In the wider investigation, Amaia is already weighing the distinctive removal of victims’ arms and the repeated “TARTTALO” inscription as clues to a single operator. Inés does not resolve that pattern, but her recollection gives Amaia a concrete connection to pursue and helps bring the investigation closer to the man behind it.