08.04.2026 14:05
It has been revealed that Adalet Uzunoğlu, who killed her retired police officer husband Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu and dismembered his body into 15 pieces with a machete and knife before throwing them into trash bins, was taken for reconnaissance just one day before her arrest. Uzunoğlu, who explained how she disposed of the body parts in the trash bins, admitted to dismembering her husband into 15 pieces but did not confess to killing him.
Striking details have emerged in the investigation into the murder of retired police officer Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu.
HE WAS CUT INTO 15 PIECES BY HIS WIFE WITH A KNIFE AND A CLEAVER
The incident occurred on January 28 in the apartment on the third floor of a three-story building located on Izzet Street in the Selamet neighborhood of Bursa's Osmangazi district. According to allegations, Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu was killed by his wife, Adalet Uzunoğlu. Adalet Uzunoğlu placed the body, which she had cut into 15 pieces with a cleaver and a knife, into bags and disposed of them in the street where their house is located and in nearby trash bins. On January 30, around 9:30 PM, Adalet Uzunoğlu went to the police station and reported her husband missing, claiming that he had gone down to answer the doorbell that rang two days earlier and had not returned. When the teams that started searching for Uzunoğlu went to the house to investigate and gather information from Adalet Uzunoğlu, they found Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu's mobile phone, wallet, and ID. The teams also discovered traces of blood in various places in the house.
BLOOD TRAILS AND TISSUE SAMPLES FOUND
As Adalet Uzunoğlu provided contradictory answers to the police officers' questions, the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office initiated an investigation, and teams from the Homicide Bureau of the Provincial Security Directorate were assigned. Crime Scene Investigation teams were dispatched to the address. An examination was conducted on the top floor of the three-story building, which was learned to be owned by the couple and had the first two floors vacant. Blood traces were detected at the entrance of the dirty and neglected apartment, in the electrical outlet, in the sink, and on the cleaver and knife found in the house. Biological examinations also revealed tissue samples in various places in the house.
BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE MISSING WIFE WAS FOUND
While biological samples, along with the cleaver and knife, were sent to the Bursa Regional Crime Laboratory for examination, Adalet Uzunoğlu was also placed under technical and physical surveillance. In the forensic examination, it was determined that the blood and tissue samples belonged to Ali Fuat Uzunoğlu, who was reported missing, and that the fingerprints on the cleaver and knife belonged to Adalet Uzunoğlu.
SHE CUT THE BODY INTO 15 PIECES OUT OF FEAR
After the criminal report was released, on April 3, Adalet Uzunoğlu, along with her sons F.U. (48) and M.U. (50) and her brother M.Ö. (65), was detained by the Homicide Bureau teams of the Provincial Security Directorate. In her interrogation at the police station, Uzunoğlu, who claimed that she did not kill her husband but admitted to dismembering the body, said, "When I woke up that morning, he was lying motionless in front of the stairs. He fell down the stairs and died. I was afraid they would think I pushed him and it would fall on me. I cut my husband into 15 pieces with a cleaver and a knife and threw them into different trash bins near my house."
HER 2 SONS AND BROTHER RELEASED UNDER JUDICIAL CONTROL
Adalet Uzunoğlu was arrested on April 5 by the court she was brought before at the courthouse, charged with 'intentional murder', while her two sons and brother, who were detained as part of the investigation, were released under judicial control.
SHE SHOWED WHERE SHE DISPOSED OF THE BODY PARTS
No body parts were found in the trash bins on the street where the house is located and in the surrounding area during the examination conducted by the Crime Scene Investigation teams.
It was revealed that Adalet Uzunoğlu was taken to the crime scene for an inspection on April 4, at around 3:00 PM, one day before her arrest. The prosecutor and police conducting the investigation brought Uzunoğlu to the street where her house is located, and DHA reporters obtained footage of her explaining how she disposed of the body parts in which trash bins. The moments when the mother of three demonstrated the locations with the accompanying prosecutor and police were captured by the security camera of a nearby house.