Ultimately, Virginia was unable to bear the burden of abuse because it was so great. It said, “We are aware that she is with the angels.”

Spanish investigators found that the man, who is Venezuelan, had twice recorded himself raping his daughter in his apartment in the Aluche neighborhood of south-west Madrid.

It was also discovered that he had posted video of the horrifying deed on the dark web.

He was arrested in 2023 as a result of the startling finding. ‘I was unwell and couldn’t stop what I was doing,’ Santiago reportedly said police when he was arrested, according to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

Santiago acknowledged the allegations of one act of sexual abuse of a minor and one count of producing child pornography during the trial earlier this month.

Santiago was also discovered to have downloaded and shared “extremely harsh” child pornographic material over a number of social media sites and instant messaging apps.

He was given a 17-year prison sentence, barred from seeing his daughter within 500 meters, and had his parental rights revoked for ten years.