Fourteen suspects have been indicted in the disappearance and suspected murder of Alex Meshivili (Alex blog in Greek). The suspects are the five children who are suspected of killing him, seven parents who are charged with negligent supervision of a minor, and a grandparent and older brother accused of harboring a criminal and perjury. I am wondering why the adults are not being charged with other crimes as it seems they helped move and hide his body. Perhaps the article has not covered all the charges.

From Kathimerini

According to a prosecutor who has been investigating the case for four months, the children appear to have hidden Meshivili’s body for two days after his death before transferring it, using a wheelbarrow, from a derelict building in Veria to the banks of a local river where they are believed to have dumped the body.

Some of the young suspects have suggested, in their depositions, that they pushed Meshivili and that he fell over and struck his head. Adults are suspected of helping to dispose of the body.

Read the full article here

Note: The Amber Alert system that Alex’s mother helped to launch helped to track down a missing child a couple of weeks ago. Read the story here.

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