New developments are coming to light regarding the brutal murder in Chania, as forensic examination results overturn previously established facts. Meanwhile, the 43-year-old self-confessed murderer of Stavroula Leventaki, who has been arrested, described among other things the plan he implemented in order to frame another person for the crime.
A twist in the murder of Stavroula Leventaki: What the forensic examination revealed
To recap, the 43-year-old North Macedonian national claimed that he struck Stavroula on the head with a bottle, then tied her up, stabbed her, and finally hit her on the head with a log, after which the woman died. However, according to the Live News program and police reporter Vasilis Lampropoulos, the forensic examination showed that the woman was still alive when she was bound, and there is no indication that she received a blow to the head from a bottle.
On the contrary, the perpetrator dealt the fatal blow with the log, and after Stavroula had already died, he inflicted two superficial stab wounds on her body — wounds that would not have been fatal had she still been alive. These new findings contradict the suspect’s claims and raise further questions, including how he immobilized her in order to tie her up, and why he stabbed her superficially after already having crushed her skull.
The murder of Stavroula Leventaki: The suspect’s disturbing plan
Meanwhile, according to reporting by the Mega television program, the self-confessed perpetrator described to police his disturbing plan to frame another person for the murder of the 45-year-old woman.
Specifically, the suspect testified that he took the victim’s bank card and withdrew cash from an ATM, in an attempt to make it appear that she had been the victim of a robbery. However, he became concerned that he could be identified on surveillance cameras, so he drove around in his vehicle looking for an alternative solution.
Based on what he is reported to have said, he devised the following scheme: he approached a foreign national, possibly of Arab or African origin, and gave him Stavroula’s bank card along with the PIN, urging him to make a cash withdrawal. So far, it appears that the individual in question did not proceed with the withdrawal, effectively foiling the self-confessed killer’s plan. Investigations are ongoing, with police preparing to lift the victim’s bank secrecy in order to obtain further financial records.
