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Body in Croatian freezer might be woman missing for 18 years
ZAGREB, Feb 17, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – The mystery of a Croatian student who
disappeared 18 years ago might have been solved with the discovery of a body
in a freezer, press reports said Sunday.
The freezer was in a home in Mala Subotica, northern Croatia, belonging to
the sister of Jasmina Dominic, who was 23 when she went missing in 2000, they
added.
Dominic was studying in Zagreb at the time, and her family informed police
that she was gone only five years later, the daily Vecernji List said.
Late Saturday, a 45-year-old woman was arrested in Mala Subotica in
connection with the investigation, regional police spokesman Nenad Risak told
AFP.
“We suppose that the body found in the freezer is that of a woman born in
1977 and whose disappearance was reported on August 16, 2005,” he said.
Police believe the person was murdered but are still awaiting autopsy
results, the spokesman added.
He declined to identify the woman who had been arrested, but local media
said it was the victim’s sister.
The website eMedjimurje reported that the body had been found in a house
where the sister lived with her husband and three children.
Dominic’s father, who died a few years ago, said in 2011 that his daughter
told him in 2000 that she was going to work on a cruise ship and that she
also intended to live in Paris.
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