Information and investigative efforts led to the suspicion of the brother of the murdered, who confessed to committing the crime in 1996, following a dispute with his brother, and by referring to the criminal laboratory file and the photos taken at the time, they matched the statements and confession of the killer.
Referring the case to the Public Prosecutor, who decided to detain the suspect in a correction and rehabilitation center on charges of murder.
PSD spokesman said that one of the investigation teams in the Criminal Investigation Department, which is tasked with reopening the files of unknown cases, was able to complete the investigation in one of those cases, which was committed in 1996 and remained unknown until today.
In the details of the case, in 1996, the body of a thirty-year-old man was found dead by a gunshot wound in an uninhabited area to the north of the capital. The identity of the killer was not determined at the time, and the case remained under investigation with unknown cases.
The spokesman confirmed that the investigation teams in the Criminal Investigation Department, formed to follow up the files of all unknown cases, especially with regard to murder cases, reopened the file of this case a few weeks ago and made continuous efforts to collect information and study the circumstances of the case in a timely manner to lead them to limit the suspicion of one of the brothers of the murdered., the suspect admitted that he had committed the crime during a quarrel that occurred between him and his murdered brother, and that a bullet came out of a pistol he was carrying and injured him, leading to the death of the victim, and he had left him in that area and left the place and got rid of the murder weapon at the time. the pictures taken in the crime scene and the injury suffered by the murdered person matched the killer's statements.
The case was referred to the Public Prosecutor of the Grand Criminal Court, who decided to detain him in a correction and rehabilitation center on charges of murder.