* Photo: Osman Akça - Muğla/AA
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The investigation launched into the femincide of university student Pınar Gültekin has been completed. Arrested for killing Gültekin in Muğla in mid-July, Cemal Metin A. is now facing aggravated life imprisonment as per the indictment lodged by the Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
As reported by Anadolu Agency (AA), the indictment charges Cemal Metin A. with "killing with monstrous feeling." As the court has accepted the indictment, the trial will now start at the Muğla 3rd Heavy Penal Court.
What happened?
Living in the Neighborhood of Akyaka in Ula, Muğla, Pınar Gültekin left her house on July 16. Talking to her sister on the phone, elder sister Sibel Gültekin could not reach her after that. Worried about her life, she and mother Şefika Gültekin went to Muğla and reported her missing by appealing to the Akyaka Gendarmerie Station. Following this report, gendarmerie teams started searching for the missing woman.
Sibel Gültekin said her sister was living in her own house in Akyaka and added, "The last time that I talked to her was at around 3 p.m. on Thursday. She told me she was at a shopping mall in Menteşe. Then, her phone was switched off and we could not reach her again. We informed the authorities about the issue. It was said that she was seen in Akyaka the day after.
The dead body of Pınar Gültekin was found in a forest area in Menteşe district on July 21, 2020. Murder Suspect Cemal Metin A. was detained in relation with the incident on the same day. She has been arrested on charge of "killing with monstrous feeling."
Mertcan A., the brother of Cemal Metin A., has also been arrested on charge of "spoliation of evidence." (EMK/SD)
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