Roman Zadorov's wife: A hypothesis testifies that he is not the killer of Tair Rada

Olga Zadorov said in an interview with 103FM that she and her husband, who is accused of murdering the girl in Katzrin, were "very happy" to publish the results of the mitochondrial DNA test, which determined that her hair at the murder scene may in some likelihood match Adir Habani (A.H.), her ex-partner. Ola Kravchenko

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19/07/2022

Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 08:52 Updated: 09:29

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In the video: Dr. Chen Kugel who led to Zadorov's retrial returns to the witness stand (Photo: Eli Ashkenazi and the YouTube channel Murder of Tair Rada)

Olga Zadorov, the wife of Roman Zadorov, who is facing a retrial for the murder of Tair Rada, this morning (Tuesday) expressed satisfaction with the examination that determined yesterday that her hair found in the arena may match with certain statistical probability to Adir Habani (AH), the former partner of Ola Kravchenko (AK), and called for interrogation of the two.

"You can't throw it in the trash, it's evidence in every direction and from everything," Zadorov said.

"In any reformed country, they would arrest AH and his girlfriend and get his version from him.

No one to this day has questioned or examined her, for them she is righteous - stop being innocent already.

There are unequivocal facts here that point to it.

My husband sits on nothing evidence and nothing facts, and she travels all over the world and makes herself poor. "

Kravchenko, a mental contender, now lives in Ukraine after suffering harassment from Zadorov's supporters in the country.

Contrary to Zadorov's statements, the case against her was closed out of innocence, and that none of the speculations found at the scene matched her.

She vehemently denies any connection to the murder of Tair Rada.

Olga and Roman Zdorov in court, December 2021 (Photo: Eli Ashkenazi)

"I'm not the police, I'm not investigating or determining such things. They're supposed to know what to do with this evidence. It's not my husband, and again - it's not my job to look. Why should I prove my husband's innocence? We're 15 years shouting it's not him." Kabbalah Zdorov.

"I think most of the public understood from all the evidence we presented at the retrial, and here yesterday came another very good news," she said, accusing Kravchenko of the murder.

"This is not a single piece of evidence and not just a hypothesis, all the evidence we have collected points to it. The version of AH is strengthened from time to time.

The prosecution needs to take matters into its own hands, reopen the case and investigate AK.

She said that she and her husband were "very happy" to publish the test results.

"We were very happy. It was not unexpected, we did not hope to find another hair and here the miracle came. It just proves that it is not him, that he is a clean and innocent person. However, it is very important to find out who killed the girl - we must make sure the killer is arrested "In this case, the killer. We want to get over this story, it's impossible anymore, it's unbearable."

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It was reported yesterday that a mitochondrial DNA test performed on hairs found at the scene of the murder of Tair Rada identified a hair that may have matched Adir Habani, Ole Kravchenko's ex-partner.

In the past, a match of mitochondrial DNA has been found to be found in another hair found in the arena.

In hair without a root, it is not possible to perform a test of nuclear DNA, but rather a test of mitochondrial DNA.

Contrary to the certainty of identification obtained from nuclear DNA, in the mitochondrial DNA test it is difficult to determine the degree of suitability for a particular person and it can only be determined that there is some statistical probability.

Because of the difficulty in finding a match the results of a mitochondrial DNA test are used in criminal proceedings mainly for the purpose of denying a connection and not for the purpose of determining identity.

Habani, 38, is the man who was nicknamed A.H. in the murder of Tair Rada. He previously lived in Katzrin, claiming that his ex-partner (Olga Kravchenko) confessed to him that she murdered Rada and that she wore his pants that day. He currently lives in Moshav In the center of the country, Habani had previously argued against Kravchenko in the "Shadow of Truth" program, which dealt with the murder investigation, because she hinted to him about her intentions on the day of the murder, and later confessed to him that she had murdered the girl. The

tests were performed at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir. In the current round, 18 previously unexamined hairs were examined. Zdorov and no hairs with a mitochondrial profile compatible with Ola Kravchenko were obtained.

Murdered in 2006 in Katzrin.

Tair Rada (Photo: Ginny)

Habani responded to the new revelations through his lawyer Yaron Forer.

"I am glad that after ten years I approached according to which AK wore my clothes turns out to be correct, and hence the explanation for finding the hair on Tair's body," he claimed

. Because of an examination ", and mentioned that the case against her was closed out of innocence. Regarding the hypothesis found, her lawyers said:" No DNA match was ever found between the evidence at the crime scene and Ola herself. .

"Thirdly, in the hypothesis in question, it is not ordinary DNA at all that can actually teach about the identity of the killer, but rather mitochondrial DNA that can at most teach about a potential match for millions, hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands at best."

Tair Rada was murdered inside a toilet cubicle at Nofei Golan School in Katzrin on December 6, 2006. Almost three years later, the Nazareth District Court convicted Roman Zdorov, a foreign citizen and resident of Katzrin, of murdering the girl.

The verdict set aside a dense fabric of evidence that led to his conviction.

Since then, however, the affair has continued to occupy the media and public opinion, and despite the firm verdict - the justice system has discussed it several more times and left the conviction intact.

Zdorov, who worked in flooring at Rada's school, was arrested a few days after the murder, confessed to the murder and even repeated it.

He then retracted his confession, and as the trial progressed the defense was able to raise doubts among the public that Zadorov was indeed the killer.

Last summer, Chief Justice Meltzer ruled that a retrial should be held.

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