Emil Gânj, sent to trial in absentia for premeditated murder, desecration of corpses and other crimes
Emil Gânj, the man accused of killing his concubine and then setting her on fire, in July of this year, was sent to court. Arrested in absentia, the man is placed under general investigation.
Emil Gânj/PHOTO: Facebook
The Prosecutor's Office attached to the Mureş Court informed, on Friday, that on October 16, a prosecutor within the institution ordered the prosecution, in a state of preventive arrest and in absentia, of the defendant GE, investigated for qualified murder, (with premeditation and by a person who previously committed a crime of murder), destruction, desecration of corpses, domestic violence, and violation of the measures ordered by the protection order.
According to the authorities, on July 8, he, in violation of the protection order previously issued in his name and in favor of the victim, premeditated the act, arming himself with an ax and going to the victim's home.
There, he destroyed several windows and the entrance door, entered the house illegally and hit the victim in the head with the ax several times, causing her death.
Later, the man sprinkled the victim's body with a flammable substance and set it on fire. The fire spread to other goods in the premises of the building with the risk of spreading to other goods in the respective yard and to the neighboring building, states the quoted source.
According to the same source, the man evaded prosecution, preventive arrest was ordered in his absence, and at this moment he is under general investigation.
The file was sent for resolution to the Mureş Court.
For three months, the Romanian authorities have been trying unsuccessfully to track him down, and the Romanian Police is offering a reward of 5,000 euros for any information that could lead to his capture.
Several photos of Emil Gânj, identification details and a clear warning were published on the Europol website: the man is considered extremely dangerous.
Meanwhile, the authorities in Mureș County continue checks and maintain road filters in the area. “It would be good to find him. It would also be good for the police, not to walk around so much…”, says a local. Another states: “There he is, he can always commit a crime, something, and nobody holds him accountable.”
The searches have also expanded to other counties, and the police are also checking abandoned houses or other isolated places where Gânj could be hiding.
