Valjevo: Son, 64, Held 48 Hours Over Mother's Killing
Valjevo resident P. V. (64) is suspected of killing his mother, S. V. (93), on October 12. The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office ordered detention of up to 48 hours and an autopsy.
Police in Valjevo have arrested P. V. (64) on suspicion of killing his mother, S. V. (93), in the city on October 12. The arrest was made on the order of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Valjevo and announced to the public on October 13. The suspect is charged with murder.
What did the prosecutors and police order?
The prosecutors ordered an autopsy of the victim’s body. The suspect was placed in detention for up to 48 hours. Within that period he must be brought before the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Valjevo for questioning. As of publication, no date for the questioning has been announced.
Until a final verdict, P. V. is a suspect and his guilt has not been established. The news of the arrest and the autopsy order was first reported by the Tanjug news agency, and Euronews Serbia and B92 carried it. Both outlets state the same facts: who was arrested, why, on whose order and for how many hours.
Where did it happen and how did the police find out?
Tanjug’s report names neither the location nor the circumstances of the report to police. That information comes from the local portal Kolubarski.rs, whose story was picked up by the Novi Sad newsroom of the portal 021. According to them, the killing took place in a family house on Plitvicka Street in Valjevo.
The same source says the suspect turned himself in at the Valjevo Police Department and reported that he had committed the killing. Police and prosecutors have not confirmed this in an official statement, so for now the detail rests only on the local portal’s reporting.
According to Kolubarski.rs, there had been no previous reports of domestic violence in the family. That, too, has not yet been confirmed from police records.
What is still unknown?
It has not been disclosed at what time of day the incident happened, or when police received the report. It is also unknown when P. V. was taken into custody relative to the incident. The motive is unknown, and neither police nor prosecutors have said publicly what happened in the house. Tanjug’s report does not give the method used, and this article does not repeat it because no competent authority has confirmed it.
There are no official statements from police or prosecution representatives so far. The autopsy results will matter for assessing what happened and for the course of the investigation, and the decision on whether P. V. will be remanded in custody comes only after questioning at the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Valjevo.
