“No murder case should be dismissed before the perpetrators are referred to the competent courts.” This is the slogan adopted by the Jordanian Directorate of Public Security, in a message that the criminal will receive his punishment, even after a while.
5 homicides were recorded against “unknowns” He was exposed by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Jordanian Public Security Directorate, and his threads that had intertwined over the years have been unraveled. , as the investigation and search continues until it is revealed that the criminal receives his punishment in accordance with the provisions of Jordanian law.
Crime of 1987
35 years hasn’t stopped the Criminal Investigation Department from reinvestigating a crime committed in 1987, as the team tasked with reopening files of unknown crimes obtained new information leading to the discovery of the killer who shot a building guard in the then capital, Amman.
The Criminal Investigation Bureau summoned the person and interrogated him, confessed to his crime and was transferred to the judiciary, which charged him with murder.
This is not the only crime that was revealed, and the case played no role in it: first there were 4 murders in which the killer was revealed, after it was registered against “unknowns” for years.
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crime in 1996
One of the investigative teams of the Criminal Investigation Department, tasked with reopening the files of unknown cases, managed to complete the investigation in one of those cases, which was committed in 1996 and remains unknown to this day.
In detailing the case, the Public Security Directorate’s media spokesman said that in 1996, the body of a 30-year-old man was found dead from a gunshot wound in an uninhabited area north of the capital, and the identity of the The killer was not determined at the time and the case remained under investigation with cases unknown.
The media spokesman confirmed that the investigation teams of the Criminal Investigation Department, which have been formed to follow up the files of all unknown cases, especially regarding the murder cases, reopened the file of this case a few weeks ago, and they have made continuous efforts, collecting information and promptly studying the circumstances of the case, so that all this leads them to limit the suspicion of one of the brothers of the murdered.
When questioned, the defendant admitted to having committed the crime during a quarrel between him and his murdered brother, confirming that a bullet fired from a gun he was carrying hit his brother, and he died as a result, so he left he went to that area and left the place and got rid of the murder weapon at the time. Having consulted the file of the forensic police laboratory and the photos taken by them of the scene of the crime and of the injuries suffered by the murdered, it was found that such evidence corresponded to the declarations of the murderer.
The case was referred to the Prosecutor of the Grand Criminal Court, who decided to detain the defendant in a correction and rehabilitation center on charges of premeditated murder.
crime in 2003
Similarly, the investigation teams into unknown cases reopened the file of one of the murder cases that occurred in 2003, in which a woman in her 30s was killed, and the perpetrator remained unknown, so that they could establish Find out his circumstances and arrest one of the culprits.
In the details of the case, in 2003, inside an iron barrel, tied with chains, inside a water boat in the Sweileh area, north of the capital, the body of an unknown woman was found. The victim’s identity was determined, but the case remained under investigation with no killer being found.
The investigation team recently reviewed the case, gathered information about it and listened to statements from a number of people close to the victim, which led a number of his brothers to become suspicious. One of the two suspected brothers was arrested and, upon further inquiry with him, admitted that he had participated with his brother 20 years ago and, after personal disputes, took his sister out of the house and forced her to take a large amount of narcotic pills until she died, after which they tied her with chains and put her in an iron barrel, and put it in a water tank in the Sweileh area.
A circular was made on the comrade brother after it was found that he was out of the country, while the Prosecutor of the Grand Criminal Court was informed of the case and remitted the case, where he decided to arrest the brother who is in Jordan in a correctional and rehabilitation center on charges of premeditated murder with participation.
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crime in 2009
Similarly, employees of the criminal investigation department were able to find out the circumstances of the murder of a woman that occurred 14 years ago, namely in 2009.
In this case, the Unknown Cases team followed up on information that led them to uncover the truth about the death of the woman whose brothers had agreed to kill her and failed to report her missing, and deluded those around them that she had left a Arab country.
He added that as soon as the information was received, the team began gathering more information about the woman, who was proven not to be outside the country, nor was she found inside the Kingdom, which raised suspicions about the circumstances of the his disappearance.
After expanding the investigation and gathering more information and evidence, the investigation was launched with her brothers, who confessed that they agreed to kill her in 2009, after he strangled her inside their home in the eastern part of the capital, and carried the body by vehicle and headed to Madaba Governorate, and there to Al-Kasarat area near Wadi Al-Mujib, where they buried her and left the place.
Search teams are currently searching the area identified by the suspects to find the remains of the body, and all parts will be referred to the Public Prosecutor of the Grand Criminal Court.
crime in 2013
Investigation teams in unknown cases also uncovered a homicide that occurred in 2013 for a minor killed by his father.
In detail, the investigative teams of the Criminal Investigation Directorate reviewed the file of an absent minor in 2013 in the capital, and were able to obtain new information on that case, and confirmed the existence of suspicions that the absent minor had been murdered.
The new information gathered on the case, after the reopening of the file, made the minor’s father suspect. With further investigations, investigators now have evidence and information confirming that the young man was killed by his father. The father was arrested, and when he was investigated, he admitted that in 2013, following an argument with his minor son, he stabbed him to death while they were alone in the house. He added that afterward he hid the body and went to circulate it as a missing person who left the house and did not know his whereabouts. This case was filed with the Public Prosecutor of the Grand Criminal Court.
The Jordanian Public Security Directorate’s media spokesperson confirmed that the investigation teams into unknown cases and absenteeism cases are continuing their work by reopening the investigation into all unknown case files and absenteeism cases until they are disclosed and all the their circumstances will be determined to preserve and preserve rights and so that no one escapes punishment.
