Due to the severity of his crimes and the media coverage surrounding them, Dámaso is regarded as the Canary Islands' most infamous killer.

Dámaso Rodríguez Martín was born on December 11, 1944, in the place known as Las Montañas, in the village of El Batán (municipality of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain).

"El Brujo" was sentenced to 55 years in prison for murder, rape, theft of a firearm and unlawful possession of weapons.

The next day, at 3:15 PM, in a remote area of the Roque de El Moquinal, the Civil Guard recovered the body of his wife, Marta Küpper, who had obvious signs of strangulation.

Speculations, sightings, the fugitive's escape at the last moment, robberies in caves and in the houses of hunters or farmers fed the legend of "El Brujo".

These events overlapped the celebration of the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of that year, mainly due to the fear that aroused among the people that the murderer would show up in a costume, and could easily escape.

They alerted the police, who dispatched two Civil Guards from Tacoronte, fronted by a sergeant commander, whom detected Rodríguez's presence in the home.