During the theatrical conference Estudi forense de la mort i les seves circumstàncies de l’abat Biure, al cel sia!, held on December 16 at the Museu del Monestir, Bardalet explained that his vocation began at age 14 after witnessing an autopsy thanks to his grandfather, who was a judge. This experience generated fundamental questions about death, such as why some people die from electrocution and others do not.
“"If you want to be a forensic doctor, but you are afraid of the dead or blood, we start badly. You will see ugly things: blood, skeletonized dead, dead in a state of putrefaction…"
The doctor also reviewed some of the most high-profile cases of his career. He recalled the embalming and subsequent exhumation of Salvador Dalí, confirming that the painter had no children. He also mentioned his participation in the exhumation of General Prim in 1870 in Reus, where he was able to rule out the theory that he had been strangled thanks to the excellent state of the corpse's embalming.
“"Everyone wants their child to succeed and be superior to the father. In my case, that is impossible."
Regarding the murder of Abat Biure on Christmas Eve in 1350, Bardalet indicated that stains on the clothing point to large stab wounds, likely from swords. He highlighted the sense of impunity felt by the assassins, nobles who acted during the Midnight Mass, and noted that the case had a clear economic component, involving a disputed inheritance.
“"No death is the same. Of all the dead I have seen, there have never been two alike."
Bardalet concluded that the human being is the most violent and aggressive animal that exists, as they kill for complex reasons such as politics, religion, or hatred, unlike wild animals. He also pointed out that the fear of dying alone is one of the great current fears, living through an “authentic epidemic of loneliness.”
