Krzysztof was 25-year-old then abducted from home in Świerczyn near Płock. After demanding the ransom (EUR 300,000), he was brutally murdered and the body was hidden in the forest. They were found only in 2006. The first trial (2007–2008) ended with a conviction of the main perpetrators to life imprisonment; Some people took part in the investigation committed suicide, and many threads remained unexplained.
After the first trial, the investigation wandered between prosecutors (Warsaw, Olsztyn, Gdańsk). Discovered, among others previously unknown biological traces, there were burglaries, destruction of evidence (littering files with faeces) and the disappearance of files. In 2018, the case was referred from Gdańsk to Krakow and then to Płock – a new indictment was created.
Current trial – accused and charged
In March 2022, the trial of five people started, including Jacek K. and Eugeniusz D., accused of participating in an organized criminal group, abduction and murder in exchange for ransom. The former local government officer Grzegorz K. and two other people were also accused of extorting money from the family of victims under a false pretext, promising to find the kidnapped.
During the trial, family, policemen, Rutkowski detective, witnesses, as well as the accused staying in Mexico (online interrogation) were questioned. The trial showed the selection of protected witnesses and limitations in the openness of some defenders.
Krzysztof's father, Włodzimierz Olewnik, pointed out that among the accused lacks people who gave the order to kidnap (“decision makers”). As an auxiliary prosecutor, he strongly criticized the investigation, assessing that “nothing goes as it should”.
