According to relatives who reported his disappearance, the man had left his home in possession of “a sum of money” to buy a vehicle in Besançon. Traces of the missing person’s blood were discovered “in significant quantities” in the trunk of his car.
Two Serbian women have been imprisoned as part of a murder investigation after the mysterious disappearance at the end of December in Besançon of a Serb domiciled in Germany and who was probably killed, the public prosecutor announced on Tuesday. According to relatives who reported his disappearance on December 26, the man had left his home across the Rhine on December 22 to buy a vehicle in the Franche-Comté city, said Etienne Manteaux during a press briefing, confirming information of the regional daily L’Est Républicain.
The man was then in possession of “a sum of money”, he added, without however specifying the amount. He had made the trip with his own car, found by the police in Besançon in the sensitive district of Planoise. Traces of the missing person’s blood were discovered “in a significant quantity” in the trunk, a “strong clue suggesting” “intentional homicide”, continued the magistrate, according to whom the investigation was entrusted to the PJ of Besançon , under rogatory commission of an examining magistrate.
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Suspected of having cleaned the apartment
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An arrest warrant was issued against a Serb, “residing for a few days in Planoise” and “with whom the victim had made contact for the transaction”, continued Mr. Manteaux, according to which this suspect is on the run since December 26. On the other hand, two women, also of Serbian origin and aged 25 and 58, were in contact with this fugitive and “are suspected of having cleaned the apartment” which he occupied, indicated the magistrate.
On Friday, the youngest was indicted for “modifying a crime scene” and “non-denunciation of a crime”, while the oldest was for “non-denunciation of a crime”, detailed Mr. Manteaux . They were incarcerated. According to the investigation, “they have and know the decisive elements for understanding the events, but they have kept silent”, explained the prosecutor, according to whom “there is strong reason to fear” that the missing person is “dead”.
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