A woman's decapitated body was found in a trash container in Şişli, Istanbul. As the police completed their investigation at the scene, it was determined that the woman was Durdona Khokimova (37), a citizen of Uzbekistan. While the woman's head and severed legs were not found in the container, a suitcase located on another street was examined. In the aftermath of the incident, police reviewed hundreds of security cameras and captured two Uzbek suspects attempting to flee to Georgia from the airport.
A body wrapped in a sheet was found in a trash container on Kuyulubağ Street in the Duatepe neighborhood around 8:00 PM. The police, who arrived at the scene upon notification, initiated an investigation. During the examination, it was determined that the body was missing its head and belonged to a woman.
DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THE SUITCASE
During the police investigation, while the woman's head and severed legs could not be found, an investigation was initiated regarding the suspects reported to have been seen at the scene based on information from witnesses. Additionally, a suitcase seen in the hands of these suspects around the container was found and examined on Bozkurt Street in the same neighborhood.
2 SUSPECTS CAUGHT WHILE FLEEING ABROAD
While the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office initiated an investigation into the incident, security camera footage from the scene and its surroundings was examined one by one. As part of the efforts conducted by the Intelligence and Public Order branches, it was revealed that two male individuals exhibited suspicious behavior while approaching the containers with a suitcase. The suspects, Dılshod Akhrol Uglı Turdımurotov (31) and Gofurjon Akmalkhonovıch Kamalkhodaev (29), were detained at Istanbul Airport while attempting to flee to Georgia.
CONFESSED TO THE MURDER
During the interrogations of the suspects, Turdımurotov confessed that he had a romantic relationship with the victim Durdona Khakımova and that the incident occurred as a result of an argument. While the teams from the Istanbul Police Department continued their work related to the incident, Ekrem K. (58), who was considered to be connected to the case and the detained individuals, was also taken into custody. With this, the number of detained individuals rose to 3.
THEY KILLED HER IN ÜMRANİYE AND TRANSPORTED HER TO ŞİŞLİ
Meanwhile, new details have emerged regarding the decapitation murder that shocked Istanbul. It was revealed that the suspects killed the young woman in Ümraniye and transported her dismembered body in a suitcase by taxi to Şişli, 15 kilometers away.
THE HOUSE WHERE THE MURDER OCCURRED CAPTURED FOR THE FIRST TIME
After the statements given by the suspects at the police station, police teams went to the house on Gümüşdere Street in the Atatürk neighborhood of Ümraniye, where the murder took place, to conduct an investigation. It was observed that the lights and windows of the house located on the ground floor of the four-story building were on, and a picture was found on the coffee table.
"THEY MOVED IN A WEEK AGO"
Behruz Toşbatov, the neighbor of the murdered Durdona Khokimova, said, "We heard fighting sounds two days ago. The sounds we heard were like a couple's quarrel. Then we warned them along with the other residents in the apartment. After that, the sounds stopped. I am also a citizen of Uzbekistan. They were also citizens of Uzbekistan.
"WE REALIZED A MURDER HAD BEEN COMMITTED WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED"
I realized they were Uzbek, but I didn't like their appearance and didn't get to know them. They moved here a week ago. I had seen the woman here before, on the street and in the metro. We realized a murder had been committed when the police arrived," he said. Toşbatov's son added, "We learned when the police called my mother as a translator. She is our neighbor. It's a very terrible incident."