Elderly Woman's Body Found in Galovica Canal Near Ledine
The body of an elderly woman was found in the Galovica canal near Ledine. Passersby reported it, and the prosecutor's office ordered an autopsy.
The body of an elderly woman was found on Monday, August 10, around 2 p.m., in the Galovica canal in the Ledine area, on the outskirts of Belgrade. Emergency services responded to the scene. The woman’s identity has not been released.
Passersby spotted the body in the canal. They immediately called the authorities, who arrived on site shortly after. Neither the woman’s age nor her place of residence has been disclosed.
By order of the Belgrade Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office, the body was sent for autopsy. The circumstances of death will not be known until the findings are complete.
What Is Known, and What Is Not
Officially, little is known: the location, the time, and the fact that the victim was an elderly woman. Everything else awaits the autopsy.
No official information currently points to a criminal act. The prosecutor’s office has not reached that conclusion, so this text does not draw it either. Death in water can have several causes, and which one applies here will be determined by forensic examination.
The woman’s name will not be released even once it becomes known, not until her family has been notified and the relevant authorities decide otherwise. That rule applies in every case of this kind.
A Similar Case Not Long Ago
This is not the first body found in water around Belgrade this summer and sent for autopsy by order of the prosecutor’s office. We recently reported on a body pulled from the Danube near Bela Stena, where the procedure was the same: the body was found, emergency services responded, the prosecutor’s office issued an order, and an autopsy followed.
No known connection between the two cases has been established, and no official source has mentioned one. It is the same procedure, not the same story.
What Happens Next
After the autopsy, the prosecutor’s office will know the cause of death. That finding will determine whether the case remains a routine check into the circumstances or becomes a formal investigation.
Until then, the only confirmed information remains what came from the scene: the body of an elderly woman was found in the Galovica canal, passersby reported it, and it was sent for autopsy by order of the prosecutor’s office.
