Investigative and procedural actions are conducted in Lori Regional Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee to find out circumstances of the woman’s murder committed in Vanadzpr town on December 25, 2022.

The call on the case was received on the same day from 38 year-old resident of Vanadzor town who informed that he had killed his wife.

Through inspection of the scene conducted during preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding initiated according to the Point 9 of the Part 2 of the Article 155 of RA Criminal Code 34 year-old woman’s body with cut-pierced injuries on the neck was found in the booth adjacent to the house located on Street 7, Fidayinner, Vanadzor.

In the result of necessary measures a number of circumstances of the case, among them the motive, were found out.

38 year-old man was arrested and gave self-incriminating testimony.

Within the framework of the criminal proceeding forensic medical examination was commissioned, through inspection of the scene the knife, which was the instrument of crime, was found, a number of persons were questioned. The inquest body was assigned to take operative-intelligence measures.

Preliminary investigation is ongoing.

Note; Everyone charged with alleged crime offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.