Who was Lucrecia Perez? Her shocking murder in Madrid explained

The senseless murder of a black Dominican woman which sent shockwaves through Spain is at the centre of a new Disney+ series.

Lucrecia Perez was randomly shot dead while taking refuge in an abandoned Spanish nightclub in 1992. The mum-of-one's death was the country's first-recorded hate crime and sparked the biggest anti-racism protests Spain had ever seen, rippling across eight major cities.

Disney's Lucrecia: A Murder In Madrid features unpublished archive material and first-person testimonies, including from former vice president Narcís Serra and Lucrecia's daughter Kenia Carvajal Pérez. Kenia was just six years old when her mum died.

READ MORE: 'Unsettling' new Netflix documentary leaves viewers feeling 'physically sick to their stomach'

The four-part series is produced by Justin Webster and Sumpta Ayuso, with David Cabrera and Garbiñe Armentia as co-writers. The Spanish-language documentary dropped on Disney+ on Thursday, June 27.

Read on to find out more about who Lucrecia was, why she moved to Spain and how her brutal murder changed the country.

Lucrecia grew up incredibly poor in the village of Vicente Noble in the Dominican Republic. Friends remembered her as a 'very shy' but 'good' person in the Disney+ documentary.

Lucrecia sold items from her home, including cigarettes, coconuts and charcoal, to get by. She lived with her husband and daughter in one room of a small, wooden hut while another couple occupied the other room.

Tragically, Lucrecia had lost two babies to anaemia before welcoming Kenia. That made her more motivated than ever to give her daughter the brightest future possible. So she made the move to Spain, with hopes of Kenia eventually joining her to study out there.

Upon arriving in