Serial Killer Nikos Metaxas Arrested In Cyprus After Years Of Murdering Women

Serial Killer Arrested In Cyprus After Years Of Murdering Women

A man thought to be Cyprus’s first serial killer has been arrested after confessing to murdering five women and two girls, but investigators believe the real total of victims could be as high as 30.

The case, which has seen scores of women missing over the past three years, eventuated in former Greek Cypriot National Guard captain Nikos Metaxas admitting to the murders of seven people, leading police to sites across the country where remains of the victims were found — including the bodies of three Filipino women found in an abandoned mine shaft, weighed down by concrete blocks and stuffed into suitcases before being thrown in the toxic water. Underwater cameras detected the suitcases. He is also believed to have killed two of the women’s daughters, who are currently still missing.

His killing spree, which mostly focused on foreign women living or visiting Cypus, was virtually uninterrupted for three years, with police being criticised for not looking into the individual missing persons cases for each of the women.

The case started in mid April when the body of Mary Rose Tiburcio was found in a mine shaft, eventually leading police to Metaxas, who Tiburcio met on an online dating website. Tiburcio was last seen heading out on a date with the former National Guard captain.

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(AR/EN) #Cypriot police discovered two suspicious objects at the bottom of a lake while searching for the bodies of victims of a suspected serial killer on Saturday (April 27). #Kokkinopezoula lake, whose muddy waters run red from the toxic runoff from an abandoned mine, were being searched by forensics officers using underwater cameras when the discoveries were made. A 35-year-old man is suspected of murdering seven women, including two children, in a killing spree which went undetected for almost three years. Police say the suspect, a career officer in the Cypriot army, has confessed to killing five adult women and the young daughters of two of his victims. The bodies of two Filipino women, reported missing in May and August 2018, were found in an abandoned mine shaft this month. Police discovered the body of a third woman at an army firing range about 14 km (9 miles) from the mine shaft. Police have faced criticism for not properly investigating the disappearances when they were reported. Police will attempt to retrieve the two objects on Sunday (April 28). في قاع #بحيرة قبرصية موحلة تحولت مياهها إلى اللون الأحمر، جراء #مواد_سامة تسربت إليها من منجم مهجور، عثرت #الشرطة القبرصية على جسمين مثيرين للشبهة أثناء البحث عن جثث ضحايا سفاح مشتبه به. وقام ضباط #الطب_الشرعي بتفتيش بحيرة "كوكينوبيزولا" باستخدام كاميرات تحت الماء عندما تم اكتشاف الجسمين. ويشتبه بقيام رجل يبلغ من العمر 35 عاماً، بقتل 7 نساء من بينهم طفلتان، في سلسلة #جرائم_قتل لم يتم اكتشافها لمدة 3 سنوات تقريباً. وتذكر #الشرطة أن المشتبه به، وهو ضابط في الجيش القبرصي، اعترف بقتل 5 نساء بالغات وطفلتي إحدى الضحايا. وعثر على جثتي امرأتين فلبينيتين تم الإبلاغ عن اختفائهما في #مايو و #أغسطس من العام الماضي، في منجم مهجور هذا الشهر. واكتشفت الشرطة جثة امرأة ثالثة في ميدان رماية تابع للجيش على بعد حوالي 14 كيلومتراً من المنجم. وواجهت الشرطة انتقادات لعدم التحقيق كما ينبغي في حالات الاختفاء، عندما تم الإبلاغ عنها. #UAE #Sharjah #Sharjah24 #الإمارات #الشارقة #الشارقة24

Metaxas led police to a military firing base where they found another decomposed body, believed to be that of Nepalese woman Ashita Khadka Bista.

Although it’s not known yet the final number of victims, police are expecting it to rise significantly.

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