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, announced Tuesday January 25 the public prosecutor.
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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, indicated during a press briefing Étienne Manteaux, 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.
Traces of blood found
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 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. An arrest warrant was issued against a Serb, "
residing for a few days in Planoise
" and "
with whom the victim had contacted for the transaction
", continued Étienne Manteaux, according to which this suspect is in leak since December 26.
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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 Étienne 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
".
