Suspect arrested in double murder in Elazığ, one person detained

A fire broke out in a 2-storey detached house in the Ürünlü hamlet of Koçyiğitler village of Karakoçan district on the night of September 8. Upon notice, fire brigade and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the region.

After the fire was extinguished, the lifeless bodies of Ağa and Nimet Üykü couple were found in the house. The couple's bodies were taken to the Fırat University Hospital morgue. In the autopsy, bullet marks were detected in the couple's chest areas. While it was evaluated that the house was set on fire after the couple was shot, it was determined that 2 bracelets, 1 necklace and 2 earrings belonging to Nimet Üykü were missing.

Within the scope of the investigation, Gendarmerie Crime Investigation Team (JASAT) teams started an investigation. During the investigations, it was determined that H.Ç. set the house on fire, fled to Istanbul with the gold he stole and tried to sell them at the jeweler. He was identified from the X-Ray images at the airport and was caught. Murder suspect H.Ç. was arrested for the crimes of 'Deliberate murder' and 'Loot'.

A special team formed from JASAT personnel under the instructions of Karakoçan Public Prosecutor Ahmet Burak Kara began to investigate the claim that H.Ç. did not commit the murder alone and that a woman was with him during the incident. During the work of the teams, Ç.G., who lived in Koçyiğitler village but was found to be staying with his brother-in-law who had been living in Diyarbakır for a while, was detained by the gendarmerie teams.

The suspect's proceedings with the gendarmerie are continuing.