Overview
- The suspect was detained on November 20, then placed under formal investigation for intentional homicide on November 21 and remanded to custody.
- In questioning he said a dispute at the victim’s home escalated into a fight in which he delivered several knife wounds, claiming he acted in self-defense.
- Investigators found no sign of forced entry, noted missing identity papers, and say the victim’s car was taken and later abandoned after the killing.
- Police reconstructed the time of the homicide to between the evening of November 13 and the morning of November 15 following a review of the victim’s movements.
- The 33-year-old, previously convicted mainly for property offenses, had appeared in court on November 12 and was hospitalized under constraint before his arrest, with his account now subject to judicial verification.