The FBI is joining the search for Emil Gânj, the Hungarian press writes. He could be hiding in the tunnels
The international hunt for Emil Gânj, suspected of having killed his ex-partner with particular cruelty, continues for over six months without result. The Hungarian press writes that the Romanian authorities requested the support of the FBI to locate him. He is accused of killing his concubine and then setting her on fire in July 2025.
Emil Gânj/PHOTO: Facebook
According to Magyar Nemzet, the Romanian authorities have mobilized approximately 800 police officers in an attempt to find the man. Given the seriousness of the case, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has joined the search, indicating how dangerous the fugitive is.
There is a possibility that Emil Gânj had planned the escape before the murder, preparing hiding places, supplies and several disposable phones.
There is information according to which he would have set up hiding places, stocked up on food and purchased several disposable mobile phones. The possibility of him hiding in abandoned cellars or even in World War II tunnel networks was also considered. Authorities are also investigating the possibility that the family may have helped him hide, but this has not been officially confirmed.
Gânj has a violent past and had not been fully withdrawn from society until this case, which sparked public outrage. The victim's family is protective and sees the FBI's involvement as a real chance that the perpetrator will be caught.
In October last year, a prosecutor from the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Mureș Court ordered the prosecution, in a state of preventive arrest and in absentia, of the defendant Emil Gânj., 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.
