Homicide probe into Mango founder Isak Andic's death, son named

Spanish authorities have opened a homicide inquiry into the December death of Mango founder Isak Andic after investigators shifted their view from accident to possible criminal conduct and named his eldest son, Jonathan, as a person of interest, officials said. Andic, 71, fell more than 100 metres while hiking in the Montserrat mountains near Barcelona on December 14, 2024. He was alone with his son at the time.

Police initially treated the fall as an accident and a judicial probe was at one point archived. The investigation was later reopened and, according to investigators, new lines of inquiry and testimony prompted an investigating judge to change Jonathan Andic’s status from witness to suspect in late September. Catalan police confirmed the probe remains open but declined further comment because the case is under judicial secrecy.

Investigators said inconsistencies in two statements given by Jonathan, who was the only person with his father when the incident occurred, have been central to the shift in the inquiry. Authorities have also reviewed forensic evidence from the scene and obtained other testimony they say does not align with Jonathan’s accounts. As part of the...