New details have emerged about the murder of 24-year-old Sedef Güler, whose body was taken from the sea in Büyükçekmece wrapped in a carpet. According to the information received, police found that the carpet Güler’s body was wrapped in had a label from a carpet cleaning company attached to it.
Police went to the carpet cleaning business listed on the label and tracked down the address where the carpet was purchased. Determining that the address was in Beylikduzu Deleers, the team then went to the house. The team first located the real estate agent who rented the house.
Real estate agent ZE stated that he had rented the address in question to a person named Fırat B. Following the real estate agent’s statement, police detained Fırat B. The team inspecting the address in question found bloodstains.
The belongings in the house were then seized for inspection.
“I wrapped a chain around it to add weight.”
Describing the incident during his initial interrogation at the Homicide Bureau, Flat B said he was not at home at the time of the incident but returned home after receiving a call from a friend. “We discussed how to dispose of the body and bought a chain at a hardware store, placed the body on a blanket and wrapped the chain around it to weight it down. We found it at home and put it in our car and threw it off the bridge,” he said.
Police announced that the car in which the body was transported had been found and that the investigation was ongoing, and that they had determined that Yavuz G., who was wanted as a fugitive in the case, had extensive police records related to drug use and also had a criminal record. He was ultimately sentenced to eight years in prison.
It was learnt that operations to arrest the suspects are continuing. Authorities said the investigation into the case continues on many fronts and that additional surveillance authorization has been obtained from the prosecutor’s office for the suspects in custody.
