Skopje, 31 May 2024 (MIA) - The Skopje Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed an indictment against four people in connection with the murder of 14-year-old Vanja Gjorchevska and 74-year-old Panche Zhezhovski. 

The defendants are charged according to the Criminal Code with accessory to murder, murder, abduction and accessory to abduction. 

"As accessories to crime, together with another suspect for whom the investigation for the said crimes is ongoing, they planned the abduction of the 14-year-old Vanja Gjorchevska in order to force a member of her immediate family to give money for ransom," the Prosecutor's Office said in a press release. 

The girl's father is charged with accessory to abduction, as he had shared information over his daughter's morning routine.  

The public prosecutor also submitted to the Skopje-based Criminal Court a proposal to extend the detention and house arrest measures for the defendants.  

The indictment is based on verbal and material evidence regarding the actions of the defendants, but since proceedings are ongoing against the prime suspect in the double murder case who was recently extradited from the Republic of Turkey, the public prosecution is unable to share details regarding the evidence material.

Proceedings are also ongoing against another person who is suspected of helping the prime suspect after committing the crime by providing him with transportation in his escape to the Republic of Turkey. Previously ordered precautionary measures are in place for that person.