Murder of Nof Hagalil woman is solved

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 27 September 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

In the late-evening hours of August 5, a private vehicle broke through a police checkpoint in the Jordan Valley and suspicion arose that it had been involved in a criminal incident.

Police began searching for the vehicle and identifying the occupants of the vehicle. During the investigation, it was suspected that the incident was related to the disappearance of Muklasha, which had recently been discovered.

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Suspicion grew that the woman had been murdered. Police detectives tried to track down the suspect, who went into hiding and disappeared for hours, while searching for Muklasha in the vicinity of her home and place of work.

Around 5:00 p.m. the next day, the suspect tried to break through another police checkpoint, which had been set up in relation to the investigation. Police apprehended the suspect after a foot chase near the town of Nahalal.

The three sons of the deceased woman were arrested along with another relative who is suspected of being their accomplice. Their arrest was extended a few times, until police had enough evidence to point to the middle brother as the main perpetrator, and the rest were released.

Many policemen, accompanied by a helicopter, dogs, cavalry and the Police's Reconnaissance Unit, continued to search for the missing woman. Following 26 hours of searching, the woman's body was found...