Disappearance of Elodia Ghinescu
unidentified Colombian serial killer
The disappearance of Elodia Ghinescu was a heavily covered missing-person-become-murder case in Romania. According to several news sources, it was the most covered case of this kind in the history of mass media in the country.
Background
Ghinescu (born September 27, 1968) was a lawyer, whose disappearance and alleged murder in August of 2007 led to her husband, policeman Cristian Cioacă, being arrested on December 5, 2012. The two got married on July 18, 2004 and had a baby boy named Patrick in January 2005. Cioacă was sentenced on July 2, 2013 to 22 years in jail, although he continues to maintain his innocence. The case is still undergoing the appeals process; most recently, on December 3, 2013, the High Court of Cassation and Justice decided that Cioacă should remain in custody while the appeals are ongoing.
According to the prosecution, the motive for the murder was jealousy caused by an extramarital affair that Ghinescu had; her disappearance occurred right after she returned from a trip to Dubai with her alleged lover, a former SPP officer, who testified in court to their relationship. Cioacă examined her e-mails to search for evidence that she was cheating, without her permission. He tried to hide the blood stains in their apartment by painting the walls. A dirty police uniform, pictures with Ghinescu and her son, a perfume bottle and a pair of blood-stained gloves were found on 8 October, somewhere between Poiana Brașov and Râșnov.
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