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[Music] our episodes deal with serious and often distressing incidents if you feel at
anytime you need support please contact your local crisis center for suggested phone numbers for confidential support
please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website on November 16 2004 41 year-old Kenner
in Kissimmee an Oscar contacted the local police station in Tkachev Oh a small city located in western Macedonia
to report her mother mitra to be missing the 64 year old retired cleaner and housekeeper had left her home earlier
that day for a trip to the market and hadn't been seen since kena Rinker originally thought her mother may have
gone to visit some family members after going to the market but as time passed and Dimitra failed to return home her
daughter's worry increased an inspection of mithras house showed no signs of forced entry or anything to suggest the
struggle had taken place and - there were no other clues to indicate where she may have gone kena Rinker pressed
the kid chavo police chief to launch an investigation into her mother's disappearance but she was met with
reluctance and an unnerving sense that the police viewed her with suspicion when they asked her to pay the money to
conduct an investigation a frustrated Kenna Rinka sought help elsewhere she walked a hundred metres down the road
from her mother's home to the house belonging to renowned freelance journalist Vlado - neski as the primary
national news contact for the municipality of tkachev Oh Vlad OH typically covered controversial
political topics that plague to the region ranging from police corruption to rising unemployment and illegal logging
while he had covered crime stories before most were related to less serious issues like petty theft
despite this when Kenna Rinka Simeon Oscar stopped by his house requesting he write an article about her mother's
disappearance Vlado agreed when the article was published a gun at a local curiosity but
resulted in no leads as days passed with no sign of Metro Kenna Rinker became increasingly worried that her mother had
met with harm yet friends and neighbors held a little concern as room is speculated that Metro probably ran away
to escape a jealous boyfriend had simply relocated elsewhere and was safe and well in the following weeks
Vlado 10's key continued to investigate Mithras disappearance scouting for information by interviewing her known
acquaintances but nothing worthwhile came to light Mitra Simeon Oscar had vanished without a trace almost two
months later on January 12 2005 a scrap collector was scavenging through the neglected construction site of a sports
stadium on the outskirts of Tkachev Oh as he foraged through the piles of junk and waste searching for anything of
worth he noticed something at the base of a steel construction frame there in a shallow hole under a pile of rubbish and
heavy stones was a plastic garbage bag containing what appeared to be human remains
[Music] the Macedonian city of Kidd Chavo is situated within the slopes of Bistrot
mountain it offers a little appeal for visitors with its post Yugoslavian buildings crumbled sidewalks and bleak
houses in desperate need of renovation most tourists don't bother stopping through only glimpsing at Zion on the
journey south from Macedonia's capital of Skopje to lake off-grid on the Albanian border as was the case with
most post Yugoslavian states the Macedonian government invested its money into more prominent and popular locales
this meant smaller towns and villages lucky Chivo were often overlooked and forgotten deteriorating quickly as they
fell behind the fast paced advances of modern life life was slow in Tkachev oh where it's 20 thousand residents enjoyed
a quiet and relatively peaceful existence harbored by a close-knit community with strong traditional values
as such cachero was rarely mentioned on national macedonian news but his word began to spread about the body found at
the abandoned sports stadium Kitsch fo was suddenly making national headlines the chilling discoveries shocked even
the most hardened of kid chavos the local police officers who were used to dealing with incidences of theft and
domestic violence in their small town but rarely murder the victim was soon identified as missing 64 year old
mistress immune Oskar forensic testing revealed she had been brutally beaten raped tortured and strangled to death
with telephone cords he used to bind her legs together examiner's calculated Mitra had only been deceased for
approximately ten days meaning she was kept alive and tortured by her abductor for the two months she had been missing
community fear had little time to manifest as police soon announced that several arrests had been made in
relation to the crime less than two weeks before Mithras body was found senior citizen radish Olive bosun auskey
was spending New Year's Eve alone at his house in Malkin's a small village neighbouring tkachev oh when suddenly
two men aged in their late 20s broke into his home under the influence of drugs and alcohol
both assailants subjected to raddest love to extreme acts of physical and sexual torture before beating him to
death and fleeing the scene in possession of nothing more than some loose change the two perpetrators were
promptly arrested and identified as Tkachev Oh locals on Terrace deskey and to Igor MO Chesky when the remains of a
Mithra simeon Oscar were discovered later that month with wounds similar to those found on radoslav a connection
between the two murders was quickly established this link was later confirmed during a police interrogation
when rest' Eskie intimate Chesky age confessed to both murders but by the time their trial commenced two months
later in 2005 RIS deskey intimate Chesky retracted their confessions in relation
to Mithras immun Oscars murder denying any and all involvement they claimed their confessions were false given under
duress after enduring severe beatings from interrogating police officers lost both accused were able to provide
exhaustive details about the crimes they committed against a rudder Slav they claimed to know nothing about what
happened to Mitra furthermore aunt iris deskey insisted he had a solid alibi for
the day she went missing as he had been working away from Tkachev Oh at the time
of her disappearance nevertheless the judge found a boat that the accused guilty of double murder and
aunt iris dusky and Egor majeski were each sentenced to life in prison given the disturbing nature of the two
crimes in the otherwise peaceful City the murder trial garnered intense interest from the national media in the
courtroom the press bench was full of reporters scribbling notes as they listened to the prosecution defense and
evidence provided by witnesses amongst the crowd was journalists the Vlado to neski observing the sad conclusion to me
true story that he had personally been covering since she initially vanished in his subsequent article about the trial
for daily newspaper Nova makedonia titled surgical gloves for a monstrous murder a Vlado rode in handcuffs and
with searching eyes twenty-eight-year-old aunt iris dusky and his friend igor majeski accused of a
horrible double homicide in Tkachev oh and de mal Katz walked into the courtroom they stared vacantly at the
ceiling and from time to time whispered as if to themselves it's all over into now we'll pay for our crimes
[Music] in early November 2007 almost three years to the day since mid thrush simian
Oscar's abduction 56 year old cleaner Lubitz Alec Oscar left her house to buy groceries for lunch from a nearby
supermarket two days later she still hadn't returned home and on November 12 lubitz's son
Juuko filed a missing-persons report with the local police as the word of lubitz's disappearance began to spread
investigators were at a loss as there was nothing to suggest she had met with foul play the 56 year old was an
upstanding citizen a quiet friendly woman who worked hard cleaning apartment buildings to support
her family weeks passed and with no sign of Lubitz a-- cagiva locals began to speculate over the similarities between
her disappearance and to the abduction of mithras immune Oskar three years earlier they were also reminded of yet
another missing woman 73 year old garite's up FL scar a retired cleaner who was last seen five and a half years
earlier on May 30 2003 at the time of her disappearance neighbors theorized that garita who
lived alone had perhaps moves to scope yes to look for work without notifying anyone alternatively some speculated she
may have suffered a heart attack or stroke the wall on her own in a remote area there was nothing at her apartment
to suggest something untoward had happened and her disappearance had been quickly pushed out of the public
consciousness but given what had happened since Caritas disappearance seemed far more sinister now On February
3 2008 her truck driver was passing through the cachero area on his way to the city of ghost River when he stopped
at a roadside refreshment area near this Trujillo mountain range as he gazed down
into the surrounding ravine something caught his eye sticking out from a rubbish filled ditch
was a human hand police were instantly notified and an autopsy confirmed the body in the ravine
was that of missing woman Lubitz ilakaka forensic testing revealed the 56 year-old had been beaten raped
and strangled to death her remains bound with telephone cords and wrapped in a plastic garbage bag lubitz's death was
calculated to have occurred just days before her body was discovered indicating she was held captive for the
three months she was missing the similarities between the murders of Lubitz Ehrlich Oscar
Mithra Simeon Oscar and to a lesser extent Redis Lavazza no ski were too obvious to ignore especially for
freelance journalist of lado to neski who had covered all cases extensively for local newspapers days later on
February 6 Vlado expressed his suspicions in an article for Macedonia's Morning Herald
and newspaper he wrote rumors abound while the police are working on the case the majority of people in Tkachev oh
think that this murder is related to the double homicide of a mistress immune Oscar and rudder sloth buzz an auskey
he speculated over the possible scenarios that could have led to lubitz's abduction putting forward the
possibility that the attacker may not have been premeditated he suggests that she may have been hit by a car and
instead of the driver coming to her aid they saw it as an opportunity to take advantage of the situation
weeks later on the evening of May 7 2008 65 year-old Savannah Tomoko scre a retired janitor who Nell
worked as a local cleaner was sitting alone in her apartment when she received the startling phone call from a friend
they had been listening to local community radio station canal 77 when they heard the news that Savannah's son
Zoran had been involved in a car accident neighbors witnessed Silvana fleeing the apartment building with a
worried expression on her face walking at a fast pace in the direction of the hospital in actuality Zoran had not been
involved in an accident and was perfectly fine he returned home later that evening to find the apartment empty
when his mother failed to return home that night his Oren questioned friends and neighbors discovering the bizarre
circumstances that led to Savannah fleeing the building worried Zahran contacted police to report his mother
missing only to discover there had been no reported car accidents that evening this revelation raised four likelihood
that the radio broadcast the bells Oren's accident was not done in error but was an elaborate hoax to lure
Savannah from her apartment by whomever was responsible for her disappearance the next day a woman
walking on a street near the local kindergarten heard a ringing sound coming from nearby and followed the
noise to a discarded mobile phone lying in a patch of grass she decided to answer the call and was
startled when a police officer spoke to her asking the woman to identify herself
into ordering her to stay put police arrived on the scene and confirmed the mobile phone is belonging to savanah
Timmel Kostka given the location where the phone was found police believed it had been thrown out of a moving vehicle
they were now convinced Savannah had met with foul play on May 16 2008 nine days
after Savannah vanished a passerby at a soccer field on the outskirts of town made a disturbing
discovery amongst the pile of rubbish they found a plastic garbage bag containing the body
of Savannah Tomoko scar the 65 year old cleaner had been raped tortured and strangled her
body burned with telephone cords similarities were immediately drawn to the murders of mistress immune Oscar in
2005 Angelou beats Ehrlich Oscar just months earlier with only one obvious difference unlike the other victims who
had been found and naked Savannah was wearing a green polkadot nightgown an item of clothing that did not belong to
her further forensic examination revealed Savannah had likely been killed on the same day of her abduction an
autopsy revealed she had suffered multiple internal and external injuries including five broken ribs 13 knife
wounds to the skull and had endured a violent sexual assault traces of semen found on Savannah's body were sent off
for DNA testing as a police spokesperson fronted the media saying we are talking
about a volunteer caused in an exceptionally monstrous way rumors that a serial killer was active
in tkachev o presented a sensational news story Vlado to neski who had been reporting on
the string of murders from their outset made the connection between victims by the killer's weapon of choice a
telephone cord which was then used to bind their bodies a unique detail too specific to be a mere coincidence on May
19 2008 following the discovery of Savannah temel Koska Vlad oten s key wrote the
people of Kosovo live in fear and panic after another butchered body of a woman from the town was found at this weekend
the local police and the citizens to see the mysterious disappearance and hideous
deaths of Savannah Timur Posca and Hulu beats Ehrlich Oscar as an act of the same man a serial killer police sources
confirm the existence of a serial murderer in the town based on the fact that the women were tortured and killed
in the same way which eliminates the possibility that this was done by different people the article explained
that although investigators had interrogated several suspects all had been released from custody shortly
afterwards meaning the killer was still at large the journalist who then coined - the
name the unknown killer would come to be known as stating the motives of the Tkachev o monster remain unclear the
concept of a serial killer targeting the townspeople seemed so alien that even the mayor of cachero stated his
disbelief quote we have seen something like that only in films western films about serial killers in our town nobody
could ever assume this could happen but there it was it happened and - right in our neighborhood
- despite the fact that her killers had already been convicted questions still remained as to whether or not miss Rossi
monoski could have been a victim of the Kitsch fo monster aunt iris desk e n2 Eagle no Chesky continued to profess
their innocence for her murder insisting the confessions they provided in 2005 were false given mithras crime
scene bore parallels to those of Lubitz Ehrlich Oscar and Savannah Tomoko scar who were abducted and killed
whilst frist deskey intimate Chesky were serving time in prison a judge requested
a review of a Mithra simeon Oscars case the subsequent inquiry exposed a major error in the original investigation when
it was revealed that semen obtained from Mithras body at the time of her murder did not match either rest' s key or
Murch s keys DNA this critical information was known by investigators prior to the trial in 2005 but was never
presented in court although police insisted this crucial DNA evidence had been passed on to all relevant parties
at the time including the public prosecutor it soon became clear that the DNA results were intentionally withheld
to ensure speedy conviction for Mithra human Oscars brutal murder following this revelation aunt iris dusky and
igorevich esky were cleared for the wrongful conviction of the murder of a Mithras immune Oscar the remained
incarcerated for the murder of rudder sloth was an auskey which they continued to accept responsibility for no one was
held responsible for suppressing the DNA evidence that ultimately proved their innocence
diera became a major embarrassment for Kidd Chavo Police and the Justice Department
there are netha collections enabling the kid Chavo Monster to continue to roam freely and harm others
with Mithras immun Oscars murder officially revised to unsolved the semen sample found on her body was tested
against the sample found on Savannah Tomoko scar while neither sample matched any known offenders within the criminal
database the semen found on both victims was confirmed to have come from the same
perpetrator expelling any doubts that a serial killer was at large in a bid to cash tickets Evo monster local law
enforcement collaborated with the superiorly resource Skopje Police Force to create a psychological profile of
their suspect they deduced he was likely a middle-aged male with the substantial
physical strength required to restrain and strangle his victims before transporting their bodies he had to be
intimately familiar with catch Evo and a given there was no evidence of a struggle at any of his victims homes or
elsewhere it was possible he was known and trusted by each woman the abductions and subsequent slayings appeared to be
planned in advance suggesting the killer had a higher than average intelligence while the similarities between each
employed he was well organized the killer's haphazard way of discarding his victims within city limits was explained
by a police spokesperson who stated whether it was three weeks or three years after they were murdered the
killer wanted the bodies to be found The Killers preferred victims suggested he harbored sexual frustration towards
older women that had likely stemmed from childhood trauma and developed into sadomasochistic desires although it
couldn't be ruled out that the cachero monster had an accomplice investigators believed he acted alone the
psychological profile enabled police to narrow down their search but a large pool of potential suspects remained
a much-needed breakthrough in the investigation came when New Jersey located niece Ivana Tomoko Ska's body
was found to contain traces of an unknown person's blood opening up the possibility it belonged to her killer
police had the blood sample tested to determine the blood type allowing the suspect pool to be narrowed down further
through a process of elimination the number of suspects was whittled down to approximately 150 men each was brought
in for police questioning and were eliminated one by one bringing the list down to just ten names after verifying
the alibis of the ten remaining persons of interest police were left with just three likely
suspects DNA samples were taken from each but would take days to be tested against evidence collected from the
crime scenes the comprehensive efforts undertaken by police were equally overseen by the media including the main
reporter responsible for covering the case Vlado two neski in one newspaper article he wrote several teams of police
experts are working day and night in the field and the laboratory to establish the identity of the serial killer yet
unbeknownst to the press and public investigators were already confident they had identified the Tkachev own
monster on the afternoon of June 20 2008 Augmon charged courage an editor for daily newspaper no vomica Danya received
a phone call from one of his contacts at the Tkachev o police department advising
that an arrest had been made in relation to the recent spate of murders his contact wouldn't disclose the identity
of the suspect in custody the Dodman verified the information with the Ministry of the Interior who
confirmed it to be true Dicky Chivo monster had been caught recognizing the breaking story presented
his publication a huge opportunity of men immediately grab his phone and called his go-to contacting Tkachev oh
award-winning freelance journalist Vlado to neski but much to his dismay the call
went unanswered old and dialed again and again but still there was no response this was highly out of character for
Vlad oh who was consistently reliable and always available when needed given that Vlad OH had been covering the case
at the Tkachev Oh monster since the beginning it was even more unusual for him to be missing during the most
significant moment of the entire investigation augments inability to reach of Vlad Oh to neski led him to
believe he starte journalist was two steps ahead and toad already learnt of the news and ventured to the police
station to chase deanna Scoob Ogden called the police station again expecting to locate Vlad oh there but
was instead told by an officer you don't have a reporter in Tkachev Oh anymore earlier that afternoon
dozens of police officers had closed in on an unassuming house in a quiet residential neighborhood of Tkachev oh
the house was typical of the area the modern two-story building surrounded by fir trees and overgrown bushes it's
metal window shutters half-drawn police entered the property and placed its owner 56 year old a flooded town s key
under arrest for murder onlookers were left stunned as they watched the upstanding soft-spoken and
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of ladderton Eskie had been a person of interest for the killing since early in the investigation and had been called in
for police questioning multiple times he fit the profile of the killer impeccably
the 56 year old was tall and in good physical shape lived alone in the same neighborhood as the murdered women and
was known to each of them initial suspicions were cast upon turn s key when investigators noticed he had the
uncanny ability to stay one step ahead of his journalistic rivals he was able to write about the murders with a deeper
level of insight that included specific details police had intentionally withheld from the press turn s key wrote
that police had wrongfully convicted aunt iris deskey and to igorevich s key for mistress simeon Oscars murder
long before the case was reviewed and to DNA evidence confirmed their innocence he was also the first person to publicly
suggest the serial killer was responsible for the deaths of mitra savanah and Lupita long before police
had suggested the same additionally two neski speculated over the way in which savanah
temel Koska had been abducted specifying that she may have been coached from her
house by false radio reports that her son had been involved in an accident as a recorder turn s key regularly
submitted stories for inclusion on local radio news bulletins ensuring he had the
means to issue a false statement for broadcast suspicions directed towards tennis ki were fully ignited when police
noticed the seemingly offhand detail in an article he wrote for novo makedonia about Lubitz Allah Kostas murder quote
the monstrous murderer brutally tortured the helpless woman killing her by strangling her with a telephone cord the
fact that a telephone cord was used as the killer's signature weapon was not publicly known at the time and had been
strategically withheld by police to maintain the integrity of their investigation a police spokesperson said
we read to neski story center they made us suspicious he knew too much following
his arrest turn s key insisted he didn't know any of the victims personally a remark that only served to further
arouse police suspicion they were fully aware that 10s key lived in the same close-knit neighborhood as the murdered
women enter that H had been an associate of his late mother furthermore Lubitz Allah Koska had
previously worked as a cleaner for 10s key and two the two had once worked together at the local metal Factory turn
s key was hold in police custody for 24 hours but refused to provide a statement
his answers to questions were evasive and he declined the invitation to contact a lawyer or advise anyone of his
arrest in the meantime the results of his DNA testing came back three independent blood tests revealed
tenesmus blood sample matched traces of semen found on Metro Simeon Oscar and Savannah Tomoko scar as well as the
blood stain to Jersey found her next to Savannah's body based on these discoveries
Vlada 10's key was formally charged with the murders of Miss Froy and Savannah initial DNA testing in relation to
evidence obtained from Lubitz Allah Cosby's crime scene was inconclusive but forensic investigators initiated the
examination of seven human hairs discovered at the dump site near her body it would take a number of weeks
before these results came back giving police the ample time to look into flood oten s Keys history to learn what could
have motivated the well respected journalists to carry out such a brutal string of crimes born in cachero in 1952
Vlado turn s key was the middle child in a traditional macedonian household with
an older sister and a younger brother his father Tryon had fought in World War two before spending most of his adult
life working as a night watchman in a timber factory his mother Gauri cha worked as a cleaner at the
local hospital the couple were firmed disciplinarians often resorting to corporal punishment to ensure their
children's obedience after his siblings left home Vlado 10's key was left to care for his aging parents alone he
found a passion for journalism and politics that developed in his teenage years where he served as the head of
tkachev o--'s communist the youth organization after graduating high school he worked at a local metal
Factory but his aspirations for journalism led him to go on and study at a political school in Croatia at 21
years old to neski attended a regional poetry reading which was a huge success for the young rider not only did his
poem win first place he also met a striking young law student named Vesna the two bonded over their love of
literature and began dating soon after deciding to get married four years later days before their wedding Vestas family
were in a car accident which claimed the lives of both their father and brother she survived the ordeal but the trauma
led her to suffer from depression throughout the remainder of her life although this didn't stop her from
fulfilling her goals and she went on to complete her law degree becoming the first female lawyer in catch ever at the
same time her husband began working at the local radio station before securing a position as a full-time reporter for
the largest daily newspaper in the country novo makedonia although theirs was a supportive
marriage that had issues from the start stemming from Vestas conservative event authoritarian in-laws she'd watch her
husband as he often clashed with his parents turning his typically gentle demeanor into one of agitation and
aggression whenever vesna voiced her issues about her mother-in-law to neski always sided
with his mother other than these issues the pair had a relatively happy marriage
and were well respected within their commune they had two sons who grew up to establish successful careers as
academics and doctors with two neski taking on the role of a helpful and supportive father the turn s Keys owned
a secluded summer cottage five kilometers from catch Evo where the family's aging patriarch Tryon chose to
spend a majority of his golden years tending to his vegetable gardens and to raising goats in solitude the ramshackle
old cottage was surrounded by cornfields in the middle of nowhere which suited the elderly man perfectly then in August
2002 Tryon was found dead in the cottage with his death rumored to have been the
result of suicide following Trion's death things only went downhill for the family in December 2002 just four months
after the death of her husband matriarch of God Rita took an accidental overdose
of sleeping pills and passed away in the family home the sudden deaths of his parents introduced financial problems to
validate and s keys life as he no longer received income from their pensions to help with the bills to make matters
worse in 2003 the newspaper he had been employed by for twenty years Nova makedonia was also experiencing
financial hardship and as a result he was laid off from his full-time position after starting work as a freelance
writer for several publications ternasky was paid on commission but without the stable income the responsibilities of
financially supporting their family lay on his wife's shoulders in 2004 the ministry of education
offered vest no a promotion to the position of university inspector a career advancement which meant she would
have to relocate the scope year the country's capital Vesna bought an apartment close to her
new workplace while her husband remained in Kosovo alone planning to join her in
Skopje when the timing was right in the meantime turn s key gained a technical qualification and opened a
local air-conditioning store to ensure he was bringing in regular income investment her husband as a progressive
thinker who was far too ambitious to waste his talents in the small town of Tkachev oh but he strongly preferred the
quiet provincial way of life turn s key believed capitalism Western ideals enter
the open market economy were destroying the traditions of his country and he longed for the time before Macedonia is
independence from Yugoslavia those ideals spilled into his writing where he wrote long nostalgic articles romancing
the Macedonian countryside glorifying manual labor and to the rural lifestyle many regarded finesse keys writing is
outdated and too there were conflicting views about his journalistic style in a country intent on keeping up with modern
times well they didn't seem to be much interest in his whimsical long-form prose turn s key was committed to
succeeding in the career he'd worked a lifetime to establish when the kitch fo monster began his reign of terror
Vlado 10's key secured himself as the lead reporter on the case interviewing friends and family of the victims whilst
writing up stories for several major publications ensuring his content received a nationwide coverage when
Metro Simeon Oscar disappeared turn s key agreed to write an article about the case on behalf of her daughter Kenna
Rinku yet even after two men were convicted for Mithras murder turn s key in explicitly continued to investigate
and report on the crime when Lubitz Allah Koska disappeared to neski met with her worried family into
sat with her sister as she described blue pizza as quiet and gentle details he later used in his articles on the
missing woman lubitz's sister later stated I never suspected that he was the murderer I knew him as a good honest
person we weren't close at all but we were neighbors turn s key door not to the area when savanah
temel Kostka disappeared again interviewing neighbors relatives center law enforcement before publishing his
findings in articles on the crime her son's or instated when my mother disappeared janeski asked
me questions even when he met me in the street he'd inquire if I had news or if I suspected anyone in particular we were
neighbors for a long time knew each other for years so it never even crossed my mind that he might be the guilty one
upon learning that police had arrested the journalist in relation to his mother's murder
Zoran said he can't describe the feeling it was very hard on me to have someone kill your mother and then come to your
house to say hi it's horrifying thorough searches are flat-out and s keys properties uncovered a collection of
pornographic videos and magazines that his family's remote summer cottage along with various ropes and cords items of
clothing and shoes belonging to the victims were also found at the cottage leading police to speculate he had held
the women captive at his property where they were brutally tortured and sexually
abused over an extended period of time before he killed them and disposed of their bodies Vesna stood by her husband
and insisted the items of clothing in question belonged to her late mother-in-law yet the green polkadot
nightgowns Ivana Timmel Kostka was wearing at the time her body was discovered was believed to have once
belonged to flat out and asked his mother indicating a possible connection between the murders and turn s keys
maternal relationship adding to this theory was the fact the victim shared many similarities with his
mother Goddard certain Eskie in that they were of similar age appearance and held the same job as a cleaner when
interviewed for the documentary series evil up-close British psychologist Emma short explained to the likelihood that
an esky had selected his victims based on their similarities to his mother considering the murder spree had begun
after his mother's death it was possible to ness Keyes desire to kill was linked
to the loss Emma short quote he was clearly very strongly attached to her but a strong attachment to a parent
doesn't always mean love sometimes it can mean hate or resentment but those things are just as powerful as love the
day after 10:00 s key was placed under arrest the Ministry of Interior released the public statement announcing the
cachero monster had finally been caught Vlado turn s keys full name was released
along with details about his occupation and a list of the evidence so far collected against him the revelation
sent shockwaves throughout the country Macedonia's Morning Herald newspaper broke the major news story which was
unlike any the media or public had ever heard before the article read is it possible that around the family lived
such a killer who was hiding so skillfully behind the mask of loyal and faithful husband proud father gentle
son-in-law and exemplary son many refused to believe the allegations with speculation rife that police had framed
two neski due to his intricate coverage of the case which pointed out the many failings of macedonian law enforcement
throughout the investigation in an interview with Esquire magazine a close friend and former colleague of 10s
Keyes described his friend of 20 years as shy humble and unobtrusive quote I never felt there was any aggression
anger or inhumanity within him Vlado just seemed completely normal when I heard that he was accused of being the
serial killer there was as if a lightning had struck me in an article for the Financial Times one of turn s
Keyes former editors stated to say that I was gobsmacked is an understatement I was speechless I was shaking I couldn't
believe he was the serial killer and part of me still doesn't believe it even relatives of the cachero monsters
victims were uncertain whether to believe the news Lou beats Alec Oscar's sister said she could never have
suspected to neski was the murderer as she had only known him to be a good and honest person although not everyone
remembered him that way one neighbor described to neski as a mysterious silent man who never said so much as
hello throughout his entire life another neighbor recalled him to be strange and
anti-social Vlado 10's key was ordered to remain in police custody for a 30-day detention period before legal
proceedings commenced he was assigned a public defender and transferred to a prison in total Valle a town located 70
kilometers north of catch ever upon his admission to prison a medical review declared him to be of good health
a prisoner accused of crimes as serious as 10s keys was expected to be treated carefully and provided with their own
cell however like most of the jails in Macedonia at the time total volt prison was severely overcrowded turn s key was
placed into the only space available a tiny cell consisting of two bunk beds and a grimy bathroom containing a toilet
sink and a large bucket the small cell already housed three inmates two men in their 20s who had been charged for
meddling in the recent parliamentary election and a 49 year old awaiting trial for poisoning a 14 year old girl
severe water restrictions meant taps were turned off during the day and inmates were instead provided with
bottles of drinking water and plastic buckets to use for personal hygiene these restrictions occurred during
daytime hours only and weren't enforced during the night On June 23 2008 three days after turn s keys arrest one of his
cellmates awoke to the sound of running water just before 2:00 a.m. the prisoner
went into the bathroom and found turn s key on his knees with his arms by his side face down in a bucket of dirty
water correction officers rushed into the soul but attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful by the time a doctor
arrived Vlado tone s key was dead the search of his body revealed three items inside his
pockets a round-trip train ticket from tkachev otoscope e air a blister pack of the antidepressant medication paroxetine
and a note directing authorities to check under the pillow on his bed there they found a second a note which read
I am proud of my family and I love them very much I have not done any of the things I am accused of I did not commit
these murders a subsequent autopsy of turn s keys body found the presence of water in his lungs confirming drowning
to be his cause of death other than a small bruise on his forehead which was sustained whilst this body spasm -
during the drowning there were no other signs of violence or defensive injuries to suggest foul play was involved
testing of the water in the bucket revealed no traces of sedatives chemicals or poisons the prison's
governor confirmed to neski had not been behaving suspiciously or raised any cause for concern in the day prior to
his death he communicated well with his soul mates a doll of his Mills and acted
normally there were no marks or injuries on any of turn s key soul mates to suggest that they could have been
involved in his death in any way during their attempts to resuscitate turn s key
prison guards had dragged him from the cell into a hallway contaminating the scene without knowing specific facts
like the exact positioning of turn s keys body at the time of his death an inquest concluded the journalist had
voluntarily ended his own life a police spokesperson stated he put his head in a
pail full of water he ended his life like in a horror movie under Macedonian criminal law the prosecution of a
deceased person is not permitted meaning there would be no further legal proceedings against the flood oten s key
given the highly unusual way that turn s key had chosen to end his life conspiracy theories ran rife that
implicated police in his death with claims that correction officers had purposely sabotaged the crime scene to
hinder any further investigations some of the wilder theories suggest that the journalist had been a victim of
waterboarding from officials desperate to extract a confession some started to speculate that
government officials had framed 10s key for the murders and orchestrated his death with his DNA either planted or
falsified to ensure the case was solved quickly as with the botched conviction of aunt iris dusky and Eagle majeski
although this seemed highly unlikely given the Republic of Macedonia aimed to join the European Union
and any further significant failures of their judicial system would reflect poorly on the developing country the
Macedonian government had much more to gain from conducting a fair trial of the accused serial killer in delivering a
verdict based on the presentation of fair and factual evidence the conspiracy theories reached a political level with
several journalists criticizing Macedonia's executive and judicial power they blame to the Ministry of Interior
for revealing Vlado 10s keys identity on national television the day following his arrest and act today believed to
compromise the possibility of him receiving a fair trial the entire investigation against 10s key was
heavily scrutinized including the fact that no witnesses were present when key evidence was collected from his home and
to the remote summer cottage where his victims were allegedly imprisoned two weeks after flattened s Keys death the
DNA test results for the seven hairs found near Lubitz Erlich Oscars body were in revealing they belonged to turn
s key a police spokesperson said all these women were raped molested and two murdered in the most terrible way and we
have very strong evidence that 10sp was responsible for all three in the end there were many things that pointed to
him as a suspect that led us to file charges against him for two of the murders we were close to charging him
with a third murder and hoped he would give us details of a fourth woman who disappeared in 2003 because we believe
he was involved in that case too the fourth woman was 73 year old god roots are Pavelka the retired cleaner
who hadn't been seen since May 2003 whether or not turn s key was involved with her disappearance would now likely
never be determined her whereabouts remain unknown members of the public continued to form strong opinions on the
matter Macedonia is leading criminologist Marianne Cotter Sookie called Tennessee suicide balance tant
indentures saying the only person who had anything to gain from Tennessee's death was to neski himself he believed
that when faced with the evidence siness Key had cautiously examined all the pros and the cons of his situation
and to chose the mysterious outcome that would ensure he avoided the embarrassment of a public trial while
causing people to question his guilt therefore protecting his family from disgrace using great willpower Maryann
Kotowski believed it was very possible that Tennessee had overcome his biological reflexes to gasp for air and
he was able to keep his head under water until he eventually passed out and died
another controversial issue surrounding 10s key suicide was the paroxetine tablets found in his pockets at the time
of his death the main ingredient in this medication is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor or SSRI which is used
to treat depression anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder although paroxetine is a popular drug with many
health benefits when administered correctly it is also very potent several studies have linked the medication to an
increase in suicidal thoughts and behaviors in certain individuals who use it in Macedonia there was a certain
stigma surrounding mental health especially in more traditional communities like get Chavo
despite paroxetine being proven to be effective in treating a range of mental health issues many avoided seeking
treatment out of fear of being judged by family members neighbors or coworkers Vlad Otonashi had faced the difficult
and challenging period from 2002 onwards after the unexpected death of both his parents followed closely by the loss of
his long-term job but he never sought medical help from his doctor in Macedonia paroxetine was available
over-the-counter in turn s key had been purchasing it without a prescription therefore it was unknown how long he had
been taking the medication for and whether or not it could have influenced his decision to end his life due to
Macedonia's criminal law against prosecuting a deceased person in September 2008 officials confirmed that
the investigation into the murders of Metro Simeon Oscar Lubitz Ehrlich Oscar and Savannah
Tomoko skur was officially closed there were still many people unconvinced of turn s keys guilt daniela troop Cheska a
crime reporter from Macedonia's Morning Herald newspaper stated police said it was suicide
others like me don't think so and I'm not 100% convinced that Vlada was the killer either after all he never stood
trial sometimes I think maybe he really did it maybe he killed those poor women and he had some awful desire or need to
write about it but then again he didn't seem like he could harm anyone let alone
be a serial killer in an interview with journalists at the meteor Kenard of the literary magazine
Virginia quarterly review Vlado 10s Keys Widow Vesna continued to stick by her husband believing him to be
innocent she explained I went to see him in custody and that the police told me I
shouldn't waste my money on lawyers since they had pretty solid evidence against him when I saw him I asked him
if he was guilty or not and he said I don't know what you're talking about I told him I'd forgive him everything if
he would just tell me the truth he swore by his own children he wasn't guilty he said greet the children for me and
tell them I haven't done anything wrong one day things will be cleared up many others staunchly disagreed pointing out
that turn s key published information in his articles that only the killer could
know while also arguing that turn s keys DNA found on the bodies of the victims proved that without doubt that he was
responsible for their deaths a police spokesperson said the results are absolutely categorical that was a 100%
match it's unfortunate for us that because the suspect died the case will never go to trial and our evidence
cannot be presented in court in 2001 the Macedonian Institute for Media established a journalistic code of
ethics in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia the code states that the main
duty of the journalist is to respect the truth than the right of the public to be
informed while striving to prevent censorship and distortion of news journalists are required to respect
ethical values and professional standards while reporting honestly and objectively at all times the code
specifically states having in mind their role in the building of democracy and civic society journalists shall defend
human rights dignity and freedom in an interview with Esquire magazine vest nurten esky spoke of her late husband's
love for his chosen profession saying journalism was something he couldn't live without quote if he was given an
assignment he would drop everything whenever he was working he would rub his hands together and be so happy however
many former colleagues dispute turn s keys journalistic integrity claiming that throughout his career his writing
was full of cliches and often didn't satisfy the basic journalistic structure or standards as stated by dr. mimosa
Rostova a science professor specializing in forensics at Skopje University quote
Vlado turn s key didn't have a source for much of the information in his reports the only source he had was
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Case 108: The Kicevo Monster

The Macedonian city of Kicevo is situated within the slopes of Bistra Mountain. It offers little appeal for visitors, with its post-Yugoslavian buildings, crumbled sidewalks, and bleak houses in desperate need of renovation...

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Brief Summary

The episode details the murders of three women in Macedonia and the arrest of journalist Vlado Teneski, who was later found dead in prison.

Key points

The Tkachev Monster Unveiled. A chilling series of murders in Tkachev leads to the discovery of a serial killer.
Breakthrough in Investigation. A significant breakthrough occurred when Ivana Tomoko Ska's body was found with unknown blood traces.
Arrest of the Journalist. The journalist Vlado Turneski, a person of interest, was arrested for the murders.
The Shocking Arrest. Vlado's arrest sends shockwaves through Macedonia, revealing a hidden monster.
A Mysterious Death. Vlado's death raises questions about the circumstances surrounding it.
Conspiracy Theories Emerge. Speculation arises about police involvement in Vlado's death.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

We have seen something like that only in films.

Mayor of Tkachev expresses disbelief about the serial killer.

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