Shocking revelations are coming to light surrounding the heinous murder of a 75-year-old woman in Salamina by her 46-year-old daughter-in-law. The elderly victim called her killer “my boy,” thinking she was a man, cried, and shortly before dying recited the Lord’s Prayer.
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The 46-year-old killed her mother-in-law and staged a robbery because she was addicted to gambling, had debts, and wanted to steal her mother-in-law’s money. She set up the fake robbery, and when the victim recognized her, she killed her by hitting her with a bottle and then with a knife. The perpetrator then took the money and went gambling with it.
Salamina murder: 46-year-old tortured elderly woman for 30 minutes – What the cameras recorded
The 75-year-old’s son had installed cameras in his elderly mother’s home so he could monitor through a mobile app if his mother needed help. The 46-year-old also had this app on her phone. Before breaking into her mother-in-law’s house for the robbery, the 46-year-old managed to change the camera positions using the app on her phone. However, she forgot to disable the audio. According to Vasilis Lambropoulos on Live News, from the audio recording examined by police, the 46-year-old tortured the elderly woman for 30 minutes, beating and verbally abusing her.
According to Parapolitika journalist Giorgos Sobolos’ report, the perpetrator was a candidate for the condemned far-right Golden Dawn party. She owed gambling money and was addicted to gambling, as she revealed to police, and decided to kill her mother-in-law because she knew she kept a large amount of cash at home, which she urgently needed to pay off part of her debts. The woman was arrested earlier today by police, who had concluded she was the perpetrator. Wife of one of the unfortunate 75-year-old’s two sons, she had aroused police suspicions from the beginning with her behavior and the testimony she had given.
Salamina: What the confessed perpetrator claimed in her testimony about the murder
According to sources, the confessed perpetrator claimed in her statement that she didn’t intend to kill her mother-in-law, but chose a day when she knew the woman who cared for her daily wouldn’t be home. The accused claimed that when she broke the window, her 75-year-old mother-in-law recognized her, so she attacked her with a bottle and a knife. The injuries sustained by the 75-year-old were multiple and didn’t justify the violence, according to officers who handled the case. They realized there was personal motive, hatred, something uncommon in robbery-murder cases. The wounds were multiple, from both the bottle and the knife. The elderly woman obviously recognized her daughter-in-law, causing the latter to take her life so she wouldn’t reveal anything. After killing her, she grabbed the money inside the house and several expensive pieces of jewelry she knew were in drawers, then disappeared.
Police, with the help of security camera footage, the unknown perpetrator’s timeline, forensic results, and witness testimonies from area residents, identified the victim’s own daughter-in-law. The accused is expected to be brought before the competent Piraeus prosecutor with charges of homicide, weapons law violations, and robbery.
