On August 1, 2007, the tenant living in the house located on 4537 Street in Bahçe Mahallesi of Akdeniz district noticed the movement of mice in the garden and started to break the concrete floor. He became suspicious of the bad smell surrounding the area and reported the situation to the police. After the teams dispatched to the address completely broke the concrete floor, a mummified male body was found inside the buried refrigerator.
During the autopsy examination, it was determined that the body, which was found to have a fracture in the skull and died as a result of a large artery cut due to a cutting tool injury, belonged to Bahaddin Sefer and looked like a mummy because the refrigerator was covered with water cement.
The murder, known publicly as the 'Mummy body', remained unsolved for many years. Following the efforts initiated by the Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek to shed light on the unsolved murders, Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office reopened the file. Mersin Police Department Homicide Bureau teams carried out technical and physical surveillance within the scope of the crime of 'deliberate killing with premeditation and monstrous feeling'. Following the work, on the morning of October 30, a simultaneous operation was carried out at 6 addresses in Mersin, Batman, Izmir, Aydın, Yozgat and Sivas. During the operation, plasterer Hikmet Ş., Hadi Y., Ahmet İ., Bektaş Ş., Özlem Ş. and Ayşe E. were taken into custody.
Details about the night of the murder were included in the statements of the detained suspects to the prosecutor's office. According to the statement of suspect Ahmet İ., based on what his friend, plasterer Hikmet Ş., told him, Bahaddin Sefer, Hikmet Ş., Süleyman K. and Hadi Y. drank alcohol together at Sefer's house in Barış District, around 23:00 on the night of the incident. Allegedly, while they were sitting at the alcohol table, Süleyman K. approached Sefer from behind and hit him on the head with an iron rod. Süleyman K. and Hadi Y. jumped on Sefer, who fell to the ground. Meanwhile, plasterer Hikmet Ş. He cut Sefer's throat with the knife in his hand. The suspects, who were sure that Sefer had died, wrapped his body in a rug. The suspects removed the refrigerator door at home and tilted the freezer on its side, trying to place the body inside. However, due to Sefer's large build, the body did not fit in the freezer. Thereupon, it was claimed that the suspects cut off Sefer's legs and placed the body in the freezer.
Allegedly, Hikmet Ş. placed the body in the freezer. and Süleyman K. carried construction materials from an open warehouse in Alsancak District. The freezer was taken to the courtyard of the house, concrete was poured inside and the surrounding area was covered with bricks. Sıvacı Hikmet Ş. It was claimed that the structure, which was plastered by the architect, gave the appearance of a cedar to sit on. It was claimed that the removed lid of the refrigerator was thrown into the Yumuktepe Creek by Süleyman K. in a taxi the same night. Within the scope of the investigation, it was claimed that the suspects shared the gold, money and unlicensed gun belonging to Bahaddin Sefer among themselves after the murder. Some suspects claimed that the reason for the murder was an 'honor issue' stemming from the harassment incidents in which Bahaddin Sefer was involved years ago.
It is expected that the 6 suspects who were detained in the reopened investigation of the 19-year-old unsolved murder will be transferred to the courthouse after their procedures at the police station are completed.
