In a shocking case, a mentally ill murderer has been charged with the rape and asphyxiation of his mother, 83 years old.
The allegations were made even more shocking when it was revealed that the same 59-year-old murdered his grandmother 28 years earlier.
The medical examiner determined that Victoria Papastergiou died from strangulation. She was killed near the town of Grevena, northern Greece on Tuesday, according to Greek newspaper ProtoThema.
Pictured: An accused of killing and raping his mother, near Grevena in northern Greece on Wednesday is taken into custody by police officers
According to local reports, the man dressed and washed his mother’s corpse in an attempt to hide her real cause of death. Authorities believe that he also raped her as he was sucking her.
He has been charged with manslaughter and rape, as ‘recent findings of sexual intercourse were also identified’ by the medical examiner, officials said.
The suspect reportedly admitted to his murder to the police following his arrest.
According to news website GRTimes.gr he allegedly said that he had committed this terrible crime because his mother had set fire to his food.
This alleged murder was discovered when Grevena’s owner of a funeral house in Grevena asked the 59 year-old for permission to perform the funeral for his mother.
According to him, he discovered her body in her bed and asked that the funeral director immediately take care of the arrangements. The director was suspicious and informed the authorities.
According to reports, the man also killed his grandmother 1993 in the village.
Local news reports said the man (pictured right) washed and dressed his mother’s body in a bid to disguise her true cause of death, while authorities believe he raped her while he was suffocating her
According to police, a detective linked the deaths by referring back to a case where the son of deceased 83 year-old also had killed his grandmother 32 years ago.
Local reports say that the man in question was psychopath and was admitted to hospital for many years. However, he was released from rehabilitation and returned to work as a teacher at a school.
The funeral director’s suspicions and the police officer’s recollection of the previous case led to an autopsy being carried in Thessaloniki on the mother’s body, which found evidence of foul play.
Officers were sent to his home in the tiny mountain village of just 130 residents on Wednesday. But they couldn’t find him. After a lengthy search, officers finally found him after an extended search.
He’s currently being held in detention. The local media reported that he would be subject to further psychological assessment.