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Young woman from Orhei missing for over a week. Police publish image of suspect


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The six months pregnant 19-year-old woman, who hitched a ride in a car on April 12, is nowhere to be found. During these days, she has been searched in the localities of the district by specialized subdivisions of the Ministry of the Interior, volunteers, hunters and locals, but to no avail. The police identified the car in which the girl got into and detained the driver, and on Friday evening published images of him, making an appeal to potential victims, as a number of things intended for women were found at his home and in his car. Today, the police are carrying out a large-scale search in Telenești district, where the suspect, who is a former policeman, lives, IPN reports.

According to the General Police Inspectorate, the 19-year-old girl is from a locality of Orhei. On April 12, at around 9 p.m., she got into a car on August 31 Street in Orhei and left in an unknown direction. In four days of the girl’s disappearance, the car was located. The driver was identified after the police stopped and checked each car of the same make.

The 45-year-old man was detained for 72 hours and later placed in custody. The suspect refuses to cooperate with the investigation body.

During this period, the girl has been searched, including with drones, in all forest strips, ponds, abandoned buildings and unpopulated places, tire repair shops, car washes, sheepfolds and other locations. The police seized dozens of video images from various surveillance cameras that have already been analyzed, but the time when the circumstances would be clear has not yet been determined.

On Friday evening, the police called on the citizens, especially women, to urgently notify the law enforcement agencies if they had any contact with the suspect. Several photos of the former policeman were published. During searches at his home and in his car, a number of items intended for women were found.

“Over time, the man considerably changed physically and drove cars of several makes and models. You might have known him during one of these periods. The picture marked with an arrow is his latest, and the car marked is the one he had been driving lately, including the one the girl got into. If you knew the person in the reported circumstances, contact us on 060033442. The police guarantee the confidentiality of information and the protection of sources,” said the GPI.

Also, the Inspectorate states that new circumstances emerged and made the police to extend the searches to Telenești district. For today, a large-scale search in this district was announced. Volunteers are expected to come together next to the mayor’s office of Chiţcanii Vech village of Telenești district.