Brutal crime in Ilia: 40 wounds on the body of the 68-year-old – Where are the investigations headed

Shocked, the local community of Ephyra and the whole of Ilia are watching the rapid developments surrounding the tragic death 68-year-old businessman inside the house where he lived, right next to the oil mill he owned with his brother.

The latter, in fact, is the one who, around 11 last Monday night, allegedly saw his brother dead on the floor with multiple and deep wounds on the head, which, as it turned out later, came from a sharp object.

The victim’s brother and his son informed the Police, who rushed to the scene with an EKAV ambulance, but which did not receive the body of the unfortunate man, until yesterday morning when the 68-year-old was found unconscious at home , the Coroner of Patras, Andreas Gotsis, arrived in order to determine the cause of his death.

Subsequently, he was transferred to the Forensic Service of Patras so that a necropsy could be carried out, from which it emerged that the victim had 40 wounds from a stabbing and cutting instrument, composing a scene of a crime of incredible brutality, while the official cause of death is listed as head and neck injuries. Following this, the possibility of suicide was formally ruled out.

There are no signs of a break-in or robbery

Unraveling the entanglement of the brutal murder, the evidence that comes to light is shocking and raises questions about the reasons someone might have had to cut the thread of the 68-year-old’s life.

According to information from the “Patris”, of the 40 total wounds that the victim suffered all over the head, at least half were obvious, while based on the findings so far, there are no signs of a struggle except for some small marks on the hands, which shows that the 68-year-old probably to be surprised by the attack he received and made a little desperate effort to protect himself.

At the same time, the fact that there are no signs of a burglary in the house, leads the Police to the conclusion that the motive for the murder was not robbery since, among other things, no money or other valuable items were taken from the house.

The combination of the above leads the authorities to search for other motives for the murder, which from the first moment focused on people in his immediate environment.

Attempt to mislead the Police

The Police, since last Monday evening, have collected several testimonies and statements of people from the family – and not only – environment of the victim, including his brother who found him dead together with his son and his wife, in order to report what they know about the case, since neither the object from which the 68-year-old’s death allegedly came was found in the house or in the surrounding area of ​​the plot.

During the process, in fact, two of the many who testified according to information from the eff. “Patris” fell into contradictions about the circumstances of the 68-year-old’s death, and that is why the investigation of the case and the identification of the perpetrator or perpetrators is considered a matter of time.

“One of the many who were examined probably made a fatal mistake and soon the police thriller of the murder of the 68-year-old man in Ephyra will come to an end,” said a reliable police source, adding that there was a person who tried to mislead the authorities and his role in the case , until the time of writing these lines, was thoroughly examined.

He lived peacefully without disturbing anyone

The news of the death of the 68-year-old caused a shock in the society of Ephyra, since as they pointed out in the newspaper “Patris”, residents of the area, the deceased lived a quiet life without disturbing anyone, having chosen in recent years to live more alone, but this does not mean that he was not sociable or that he had broken with one of his fellow villagers over business, financial or other reasons.

For the last 20 years, the 68-year-old had returned to Ilia from Sweden where he lived and worked and lived in the house near the olive mill. He had been married in the past, but divorced while he had three siblings.

Recently, he had some health problems, which had affected him psychologically, but he dealt with them with medication, trying to live his daily life as smoothly as possible.

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