There is no such thing as a perfect crime, as they say, so its secrets must be revealed, even if many years have passed.
This is the case in Jordan, where the security services caught a killer who had been in hiding for 35 years.
Media spokesman for the Jordanian Public Security Directorate, Colonel Amer Al-Sartawi, said in a statement, a copy of which was sent to Al-Arabiya.net, that one of the Criminal Investigation Department’s investigative teams, tasked with to reopen the files of unknown cases, he was able to complete the investigation in one of those cases which was committed in 2018. 1987 and remained unknown.
Registered against a stranger over 30 years old!
In the details of the case, in 1987, the body of an expatriate of Egyptian nationality was found killed by two shots at his workplace as a guard of a building under construction north of the Jordanian capital, Amman. not determined at the time and the case remained under investigation with cases unknown.
In turn, the media spokesman, Colonel Al-Sartawi, confirmed that the investigation teams of the Criminal Investigation Department, formed to follow the files of all unknown cases, have reopened the file of this case and have made continuous efforts, gathering information and studying the circumstances of the case until a suspect was identified as a person who worked in the same building.
The truth revealed
He indicated that he confessed to his deed after arrest and interrogation.
He added that the killer was working in a building under construction 35 years ago, and he went at night to steal construction equipment and materials. As he was stealing, the arriving guard woke up and tried to stop him, but then he fired bullets at him, wounding him, and he gave way.
In addition, the case was referred to the Grand Criminal Court Prosecutor, who decided to detain him in a correctional and rehabilitation center on charges of premeditated murder.
