A man suspected of murdering the 12-year-old daughter of his concubine, whose body was found on a sofa-bed in an apartment in sector 4 of the capital, was arrested in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Extradition procedures to Romania are ongoing in his case, News.ro reports.

An international investigation was launched against the man, Marcel Ilie Serbuc, on Friday, a 30-day arrest warrant was issued for him and he was detained in the Netherlands on Saturday.

“Following the cooperation of the Romanian police with the authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as part of the ENFAST (European Network of Active Fugitive Search Teams) operation, today, June 10, a 37-year-old man was found, internationally prosecuted for murder. He was found with the support of the Interior Attaché of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bucharest, in that country, and the extradition procedure to Romania will be continued,” the Romanian police said.

Sherbuk is on the list of most wanted fugitives in Europe because he is considered dangerous.

How Ilye Marcel Sherbuk told that the crime happened

The man’s mother talked to the investigators and reported that at the beginning of May, several police officers came to her home and asked about her son.

Later, a few days later, her son called her and said that the police were looking for him.

Then, although he tried to hide it at first, he eventually told her that he had done something very serious and that he had killed his concubine’s daughter. He then told her that he had a spontaneous conflict with her, as a result of which he pushed her, causing her to fall into the bathtub, reports News.ro.

“He hit the edge of the tub and started bleeding, started shaking. He did not want to specify several aspects,” the court documents state.

However, after the autopsy, it was found that the girl’s death “was violent, caused by mechanical asphyxiation by strangulation with a cord with a triple circular and fixed knot.”

“On 03/06/2023, the body of a woman was identified in apartment No. 100 from 06/01/2013 … with …, the identity has not been established. The body was discovered in a folding sofa in the living room of the apartment, in a state of decomposition, wrapped in household bags. A forensic autopsy of the woman’s body has been ordered in the case. After conducting a forensic medical examination, the investigator formulated preliminary conclusions, in which he noted that the woman’s death was violent, it occurred as a result of mechanical asphyxiation by strangulation with a cord with a triple circular and fixed knot. The probable date of death was named approximately three weeks before the discovery of the body (06/03/2023),” says the conclusion of the June 7 meeting, in which a preventive measure of 30 days was chosen in the case. Marcel Ili Serbuk from Suceava, concubine of the girl’s mother.

Portrait of Ilya Marcel Sherbuc, made by his ex-wife

During the meeting on June 7, the man’s ex-wife stated that they have a minor son together. The woman said that her ex-husband was very jealous and physically and verbally abused her several times. In addition, she reported that he threatened to kill her, after which he would put her in a bag and throw her in the canal. The woman also claimed that her ex-husband was aggressive with his minor son, hitting him on the head with a hose, which created additional problems in his development.

The girl’s body was put in a bag and hidden in the dresser of the sofa

On June 3, the owner of an apartment in sector 4 informed the investigators about this case, that after the departure of the residents, he found a plastic bag in the sofa drawer, which gave off a rotten smell.

On Monday, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Bucharest Court announced that the case had opened a criminal investigation for murder, and on June 3 and 4, the criminal prosecutor and police officers from the Homicide Service and the Forensic Medical Examination Service conducted an investigation. – investigation of the scene and several methods of sampling.

Also, the plastic bag was delivered to the INML, where it was found that “the corpse of a woman is inside, in a state of decay. A forensic autopsy established that the death of an unidentified woman was caused by violence.”

Information appeared in the open space that a dead woman had been found, namely the girl’s mother.

On Tuesday, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Bucharest Court announced that, according to a genetic examination, a 12-year-old girl was found dead.

Sequence of events

The man rented an apartment from March 31, paid for April, but was late with May, which is why the owner contacted him on May 12, telling him that he was in Spain, on the street. work, after which he could not be contacted. On May 25, an acquaintance of the owner informed him that there was no one in the apartment, and the apartment smelled of rot, and on June 3, the owner, who does not live in the capital, came and discovered the body.

According to the girl’s father, both she and her mother disappeared around April 11. According to the investigation, he stated that the minor went to live with his mother and her concubine, but could not provide the address where the three lived. He reported that he last spoke to his daughter on April 9, and since April 11 they have not been in touch with her.

On April 13, the child’s mother left Romania for Spain.

The girl’s mother told the investigators that 2-3 days before leaving for Spain, she should have told her that she intended to go to her biological father. That day, around 05:00, the 12-year-old girl stayed in the company of her mother’s concubine, and the woman went to work. “On the same day, around 2:00 p.m., the witness met the named … who told her that the minor went to her biological father, and the minor’s phone was discharged. From that date, the witness could no longer contact the minor, as the minor’s mobile phone had no signal,” the court documents state.

The judge on rights and freedoms established that the defendant was in the territory of the Dutch state, worked in a commercial company from 25.05.2023, but from 06.06.2023, when he was supposed to start work at 09:00, he was no longer found, he left prematurely , most likely after a conversation with his concubine and after learning that she had been taken into custody by the Spanish authorities. It follows from the notification of the Dutch authorities that the man did not show up for work on 06/06/2023 and was not found by the Dutch authorities even at his known place of residence, the conclusion of the meeting regarding preventive arrest for 30 years shows. days of the alleged killer of a 12-year-old girl.

The Bucharest court issued a 30-day pretrial arrest warrant for Marcel Ilie Serbuc for the crime of murder. The man was also pursued by Europol and classified as “dangerous”.

As for the girl’s mother, who arrived in the country on Friday and was interrogated for several hours by the capital’s homicide department, no action was taken.

Prosecutors investigated the suspect in the case of the girl whose body was found in a sofa chest for 4 years after another girl was hospitalized

Ilie Marcel Sherbuk, the main suspect in the case of the murder of a 12-year-old girl, whose body was found hidden on a sofa in a house in Bucharest, was investigated by the prosecutor’s office for four years, brutally beat another girl, so from the age of 9, the victim was hospitalized. For four years, the prosecutor was at liberty under investigation, then she was convicted with a suspended sentence in the first instance, and in the end she escaped without any punishment, writes Libertatea.

Ilye Marcel Scherbuk was tried for “beating or other violence” after he brutally beat a girl who was in her final year of kindergarten in 2014, when he was 28 years old and settled in the village of Sfantu Ilye in the commune of Suceava Sheja. school.

“He punched me in the face, grabbed my hair, hit my head on a chair, and then grabbed me by the neck. In order to escape, I promised him that I loved him and that I would never leave him, and he let me go,” said the young woman in a statement submitted to the police, writes Libertatea.

The prosecutor’s investigation in this case lasted 4 years, during which the man was at large. Initially, the Suceava court sentenced him to 9 months of suspended imprisonment.

In the justification of the decision, the judge notes that although “the defendant demonstrated general aggressive behavior” and “the injuries inflicted on the victim are of high severity”, the court does not believe that he should go to prison, taking into account “the admission of committing the act and the absence of a criminal record.”

The victim appealed, but Sherbuk gave her money and she withdrew her complaint and the trial ended.