Andrey Vatsik16:52, 02/18/24
A suitcase with a body was found in Ternopil on the territory of the Svirelche Hydropark on February 16.
In Odessa, a man was detained who stuffed the body of his deceased mother into a suitcase and threw it out in the central park of Ternopil.
As UNIAN was told in the communications sector of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in the Ternopil region, immediately after the discovery of the suitcase, law enforcement officers conducted door-to-door visits, interviewed local residents, and processed CCTV footage.
Within a day, the police identified the attacker, a native of Russia, and he was detained in Odessa. It was established that the suitcase contained the body of his 84-year-old mother.
According to the police, the man and his mother lived in different cities of Ukraine; for the last 7 years they had rented an apartment in Ternopil.
“According to the attacker, the woman had been ill for a long time and died the day before. He got scared, put her body in a suitcase and took it to the park. After that, he fled from Ternopil,” the law enforcement agency said in a statement.
Based on the results of the autopsy, it was established that the woman died of natural causes from pulmonary heart failure.
Therefore, the article premeditated murder, under which the event was entered into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations, was decided to be reclassified to Art. 297 (violation of a grave, other burial place or the body of the deceased) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Background to the scandal in Ternopil
On February 16, police officers received a message that a suitcase with the body of an unknown woman was found in Ternopil on the territory of the Svirelche Hydropark. The suitcase was discovered by the girls while walking.
It was about a woman of thin build, aged 60-70 years, the police said. At first, law enforcement officers even published footage of her on Facebook, but the photos were so creepy that the Ukrainians asked to delete it.
(C)UNIAN 2024