Police cannot say whether Mango founder Isak Andic's fall was an accident

Two Catalan police mountain unit officers testified Friday at the Martorell court, which is investigating the death of Mango founder Isak Andic, that they cannot determine with certainty whether his fatal fall was an accident or caused by someone else. 

The officers, from the Mossos d'Esquadra Mountain Intervention Unit, reaffirmed their reports on the possible causes of the fall, which could not conclude what caused it or whether it was accidental or brought about by another person. 

Even after conducting a simulation of the fall, police could not determine exactly how or why it happened.

The officers also said they cannot establish when a footprint found on the Camí de les Feixades, at the spot where the businessman fell while walking with his son, Jonathan, was made. 

The police report said the mark appeared to have been made deliberately rather than by chance, which could suggest a struggle or a slip. It also acknowledged that the mark could have been made before Andic's fall.

Police carried out up to ten footprint simulations to reach their conclusions. The defense questioned the significance of the mark, arguing that the area where the fall occurred was not properly cordoned off or protected against contamination by other hikers. 

On Friday, the officers said they could not determine when the mark was made, noting that it rained in the days before their analysis.

Two other witnesses also testified Friday. Andic's chauffeur said father and son had a good relationship, as he had already told the Mossos in December 2024. A climber who was in the area on the day of the fall said he neither saw nor heard anything. When he arrived at the scene, he said, police were already there, and the officers asked for his phone number.

The round of witness testimony began Thursday, when Andic's executive assistant of more than two decades said she did not perceive any strained relationship between the businessman and his son, according to legal sources. 

Also on Thursday, the first four Mossos officers to arrive at the scene, from the Martorell police station's Citizen Security Unit, testified. They took Jonathan Andic's statement and concluded at that stage that the fall was accidental.

More testimony is scheduled for Monday, from the notary who handled Andic's will, which he typically reviewed every year, and from two members of the domestic staff employed by the family that owns Mango.

Background

Jonathan Andic, who was the only person with his father when the businessman fell, has repeatedly said it was an accident. 

The Mossos arrested him on Tuesday, May 19, in connection with his father's death. He was released after paying €1 million in bail. The judge placed him under investigation on suspicion of homicide. When he went before the court in May, he answered only questions from his lawyer.

Isak Andic, the founder of Mango and the richest person in Catalonia at the time of his death, died in December 2024 while hiking in Collbató, about 45 kilometers from Barcelona. 

He was 71 and the non-executive president of Mango. The death was initially thought to be a mountain accident. Police began investigating it as a possible homicide in October 2025.