Murder of lifeguard on Syros: New evidence links 42-year-old to earlier burglary attempt
Shipping data confirms that the 42-year-old was on Syros around the time of the first burglary attempt. Her relatives claim she was framed to keep her silent.
Data from ship tickets bring new dimensions to the case
According to In.gr, new data has emerged regarding the murder of the 42-year-old lifeguard who was killed in mid-July on Syros by a 41-year-old man.
Vassilis Lampropoulos, the crime correspondent for the newspapers "TO VIMA" and "TA NEA", reports that data from shipping companies and ship tickets now confirm that the lifeguard was on Syros one day before the burglary attempt on the accused's house — an incident that occurred approximately one month before the murder — and left the island one day later.
This detail troubles the authorities, as the 42-year-old did not regularly visit the island. According to her father, she had not informed her family about that visit.
Safe and security cameras under investigation
Under the microscope of the authorities is also the safe in which the accused allegedly kept money. According to the investigation, an attempt was made to break into it during the first burglary attempt. Witnesses reported that the burglary was carried out through a window of the house in the afternoon, when the couple was absent.
Following that incident, the couple decided to install security cameras at the house.
Police and judicial authorities are now seriously examining the possibility of the existence of a moral accomplice, who may have given instructions for the actions on Syros or elsewhere.
"He wanted to silence her"
The side of the remanded accused argues that the woman went to his house intending to commit a burglary and that he acted in self-defence. The family of the murdered woman, however, puts forward a different account.
"He wanted to silence her, he wanted to vent all his hatred on her," said the father of the 42-year-old in an interview with MEGA. He and an uncle of the lifeguard maintain that Evangelia knew things that would put the accused in a particularly difficult position.
The uncle of the murdered woman Evangelia believes that his niece went to the accused's house after learning that he had harassed someone from her close circle — and that she chose to disguise her features to cause him fear. "The reason she went was because she wanted to go that way. She wanted to cause him fear and get the warning that he should not proceed," he emphasised.
He added that he is convinced his niece had no intention to rob: "In those seven seconds that she was inside his house, it was only this conversation. I am one hundred per cent sure, even if I haven't seen any video."
"I wish my child were alive and punished by law for the action she took," the father of the 42-year-old added.
Critical questions remain unanswered
The case remains open. The authorities have not yet clarified exactly what happened in those seconds inside the house: did Evangelia manage to speak to the accused, and if so, did he recognise her — as her parents believe — or did he think he was facing an unknown burglar, as he himself has consistently repeated?
The full picture is expected to emerge from the continuation of the investigation.
Source: In.gr