Senjak case: best man testifies on ashtray message
The victim's best man, identified as N.M., testified before prosecutors for more than two and a half hours and described a message received from Veselin Milic.
- The victim's best man, identified as N.M., testified before prosecutors for more than two and a half hours.
- He described a message from Veselin Milic that contained a photograph of an ashtray, plus a video call the same evening.
- He exchanged messages with the victim around 10:19 p.m. and tried to locate him by phone.
- Building entry records show that Milic returned home at 11:15:40 p.m.
The victim’s best man, identified in case documents as N.M., testified before prosecutors for more than two and a half hours in the investigation into the Senjak killing, describing the communication he had that evening with Veselin Milic and with the victim. During his statement, he said Milic had sent him a message containing a photograph of an ashtray, followed by a video call with gestures he read as a message of affection.
The witness reconstructed a chain of messages and calls from the night in question. His account sets out a precise timeline that investigators are now comparing against building entry records and other physical evidence.
What did the witness tell prosecutors?
N.M. said that, on the evening in question, he received a message from Veselin Milic containing a photograph of an ashtray. Shortly afterwards came a video call during which Milic, in the witness’s words, made gestures he interpreted as a message: I love you, brother.
Alongside that exchange, the witness was messaging the victim at around 10:19 p.m. and placing calls in an attempt to locate him. The testimony lasted more than two and a half hours, and the witness also described the nature of his relationships with those involved in the case.
How does the timeline fit together?
Building entry records show that Milic returned home at 11:15:40 p.m., a detail prosecutors are weighing against the timing of the messages and calls the witness described. That span, from the exchange around 10:19 p.m. to the registered entry shortly after 11 p.m., forms the backbone of the timeline being assembled at this stage of the inquiry.
The witness said he had enjoyed a good relationship with Milic for twenty years and was best man with Nesovic. In doing so, he set out for prosecutors the context of close ties between the people named in the case, lending added weight to his account when it comes to assessing motive and circumstances.
The Senjak case remains one of the most closely watched investigations in the country, and the best man’s testimony introduces new detail about the communication in the moments before the event. Will the timeline he laid out become the central pillar of any indictment?
