The members of a family became detectives and brought to light what the authorities “covered” in a mysterious case played out near Sparta. They asked the help of experts and “dug” literally the evidence nobody…
Giannis Varlas 49 year old from Magoula Lakonia, economist and farmer the recent years, was found dead overnight in the village square. Thirteen fractures from wild blows measured two coroners on his head and body, but only one spoke about crime…
The strange thing resembling a Greek tragedy, is this: The Spartan mother who went out to streets to look for him, ran into a group of policemen who asked her as a local to recognize a dead body at the square. “Why me my children?” She replied and followed them to see her own child killed …
Since that fateful night of July 12, 2011, the family is racing to shed light on the darkness that some sank the story of Giannis Varlas. In what preceded outside the village cafe with a group of kids hiding as they say the key in this puzzle …
What witness heard the night of mystery…
Member of the gang who had a fight that fateful night with the victim, described “Tunnel” s camera the scene. Varlas was very angry with the kids, because they went often to his house and beat the bells during the night. When he saw them at the cafe, told one of the children to stop the noise he was making. He did not listen and Varlas with a kick threw down his bike. The young threatened him that his father would deal with this. His father appeared shortly afterwards and started arguing with him. Someone from the cafe who was in front of the incident said that the quarrel that followed between the two men, was particularly intense. Around 10 p.m., Giannis left the cafe to return to his house. Witness who lives close to where he was later found dead, heard clear a man shouting: “What were you doing asshole eh?” She testified this incident to the authorities.
“Our research revealed murder …”
All family members between them and the brother in law of the victim Kostas Vounasis for over three years struggle to uncover the truth. He, a former officer in the investigative of Fire department, described to “Tunnel” the effort of all to supply evidence to demonstrate that the 49 year old was murdered. The key to the puzzle as they say, is in a fight that had the victim with a group of young people in the village square. Initially the Laconia Police Chief said that it was a crime that will soon be elucidated. After they began to spread that the death caused from heart attack. The first coroner who examined the corpse, said that he died from pathological reasons. The family was not convinced, and ordered to another coroner who ruled that the victim had an ischemic stroke which came from the brutal beating he received. He found in the head and body of thirteen fractures. The brother in law of Giannis talked about the anger and the grief of the family for the indifference shown by the authorities. “They tried to quickly close the case without examining key witnesses who we have suggested.” he said. “We do not want to design culprits” he said. ” We ask for the truth and justice.”
“His death was a set up trap…”
The journalist and close friend of the family Elias Bonos described at “Tunnel” the peaceful character of the victim. “Giannis was a good man, a Spartan.” He argued that society of Magoula knows but nobody speaks. “the keep their mouth shut” he said, claiming that there are many questions about the way the police handled the whole affair. “He did not hit at the roadside as they said. He was obviously murdered. There is a local element in this case and the society wants answers” he said.
The sister of Giannis Varlas Angeliki, daily experiencing the pain and agony of the family in order to justify his memory. “He was a man who played music had higher economic studies and his life changed when my father died. He came to the village to stand by our mother and became a farmer. He did not deserve such an end, “she said with tears in her eyes. “They killed him. He martyred and the more tragic is that he was found by his own mother. ” As she told the reporters of “Tunnel” they try to support each other in their deep sorrow. She dramatically appealead to anyone who knows to talk. “His death was a set up trap. Locals here know and do not talk. I ask them to talk even anonymously … ”
“This dead man is my child …”
The tragic mother of Giannis Varlas Nicoletta, talked to “Tunnel”. Fate played the most tragic game to her . When randomly saw the policemen in the village street and they asked her as a local to help them recognize a corpse, had no idea that she would see dead her own child. “He did not die from his heart, but from wild hits. They killed him… My child could not harm no one…” told the reporter of the broadcast. “I called the cafe and they told me it had been a quarrel. I went out looking for him and I found him dead. There is pain in my heart. If the murderers of my son wont punish, I will not rest until I leave for the other world … ” She expressed outrage over the authorities who covering the case for three and a half years. All she asks now is justice and appeals to anyone who knows, tell the truth.
Thriller played after the quarrel with the children …
The death of Giannis Varlas disrupted the local community. “Everyone in Magoula say that it was a crime” claimed the pharmacist of the village Pericles Tzanetakis. “It’s something that shocked us,” said at the “Tunnel” the owner of the cafe where was the victim that fateful night. Dimitris Levidiotis was not in the cafe when the victim had a quarrel with the company of young villagers and with the father of one of them. “Giannis was sitting outside having his coffee. I was told that he had a quarrel, but I do not know what happened he left to return home. ” Relative of the victim, Nikos Giannopoulos told the show that “people are afraid to talk about what really happened, but they should. “
Initially the family lawsuit against unknown person, but the Public Prosecutor of Sparta held that there was no reason why the case should be brought to the audience and put it away. After the coroner private report relatives of Giannis Varlas brought before the Appeals Prosecutor of Nafplio, who took the case from the file. He ordered to transfer the file to the investigator of Sparta, who indicted for murder with intent against persons unknown.
To date there has not been personalized the prosecution despite accelerating applications has made the lawyer of the family, Mr. Nikos Dialinas. As he told at the show,this case required handling with special care.
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