Greek police identified a 47-year-old man as the alleged perpetrator of the 30 March 2026 killing of a 59-year-old woman in Evosmos, and a case file was opened for intentional homicide.
Police say cash, jewellery and personal items were taken from the home, and a forensic examination reported on 31 March 2026 found asphyxia from strangulation with a bag strap as the cause of death.
The man was arrested on 1 April 2026 under a drugs warrant and remanded in custody, and the police statement lists prior offences including attempted homicide.
According to iefimerida, DNA from the bag strap used in the killing identified the 47-year-old man.
Greek police said on 16 October 2026 that they had identified a 47-year-old man as the alleged principal perpetrator of a killing committed on the morning of 30 March 2026 at a home in Evosmos, in the Thessaloniki area. The man is already held in a correctional facility, and a case file has been opened against him for intentional homicide, robbery committed with particular cruelty and breaches of the weapons law. Police said the identification followed a combined assessment of evidence from the scene, witness statements, video footage from the surrounding area and special investigative acts. According to iefimerida, DNA taken from the bag strap used to strangle the victim is what linked him to the crime. The police announcement describes the case as being at the stage of a police file and does not report a court date.
A friend who had not seen or heard from the 59-year-old woman for several days alerted the authorities, and officers from Immediate Response had to break a window of the apartment to get inside. Police said signs of a search were visible in the home and that money, jewellery and personal belongings had been taken from inside. NEWS 24/7 reports that she was found on her bed. NewsIT reports that a bag strap was around her neck and that she had bruising on her face. A forensic examination reported on 31 March 2026 found that she died of asphyxia caused by strangulation with the strap. NewsIT also reports a blow to the eye, possibly from a punch. Reports differ on her background: NEWS 24/7 says she had come from Germany, where she lived, to attend a memorial service for her son in Kavala, while in.gr says she lived permanently in Germany and travelled to Thessaloniki to buy a house.
Police said the suspect was arrested on 1 April 2026 under a warrant in a drugs case, two days after the killing, and was remanded in custody. The police statement lists a wide record of offences, including criminal organisation, attempted homicide, drug trafficking and possession, facilitating the entry of illegal foreigners into the country, forging a medical prescription, resisting, insult, theft, bodily harm and violations of the weapons law. The preliminary investigation was carried out by the Office for Crimes against Life and Personal Freedom, part of the Department for Prosecution of Crimes against Life and Property. NewsIT reports that stolen goods were found at the home where the man lived and that he may have been known to the victim's brother.
The announcement does not say whether a trial date has been set, and the reports do not say whether the man has been brought before a court. The steps described so far are the killing, the arrest on the drugs warrant, the forensic findings and the case file. NewsIT notes that the identification came more than half a year after the killing. The man's detention on the drugs case is the only custody described in the reports.
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A 47-year-old man already held in custody on another case is identified as the alleged perpetrator of the 30 March 2026 killing of a 59-year-old woman at her home in Evosmos, Thessaloniki.
AI text based on reports by iefimerida.gr, NEWS 24/7, NewsIT and other publishers. Published .