Last remand order for serial murder suspect
The Nicosia district court on Friday issued a fresh eight-day remand for self-confessed serial killer Nicos Metaxas, allowing police to finally wrap up their investigation
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Body of six-year-old Sierra finally found after suspect taken back to lake (Updated)
After a search lasting nearly two months, the badly decomposed body of six-year-old Sierra, one of the seven victims of a serial killer, was finally
Water to be pumped from lake in search for Sierra
Authorities on Wednesday announced that they would pump some water out of lake Memi in Xyliatos where investigations are ongoing to locate the remains of
Police chief launches officer morale boosting mission
Police chief Kypros Michaelides announced on Wednesday he will be touring police units in all districts to boost officer morale following the public outcry over
Suitcase with third body pulled out of red lake (update 3)
After more than a month searching for it, crews on Tuesday found a suitcase in a lake containing the body of one of the victims
Authorities ponder pumping water from lake in search for body
Authorities are looking into pumping some water from a lake in a bid to find the body of a child murdered by a self-confessed serial
Mitsero crew need two more weeks to complete search
Search crews at the red lake in Mitsero will require around two more weeks to exhaust every possibility of finding the body of a victim
Israeli divers take part in Xyliatos lake search
Israeli divers on Friday started searching a lake in Xyliatos for the body of a six-year-old girl, the victim of a serial killer who also
Search crews to focus on centre of red lake for third suitcase
Investigations at the Mitsero red lake and at the Memi lake in Xyliatos continued on Monday but without result in the search for the two
Police do not expect any more Metaxas victims
The police have no reasonable suspicions that the suspected serial killer, 35-year-old Nikos Metaxas, is involved in any further crimes beyond the six murders he
Court issues fresh remand against self-confessed serial killer
The Nicosia district court on Monday issued a fresh remand order against 35-year-old suspected serial killer Nikos Metaxas to allow police to continue investigations into
Still no sign of red lake suitcase
Investigations continued on Saturday in a lake in Mitsero village to locate a suitcase with the body of one of the seven victims of self-confessed
Police were ‘unprofessional,’ president says (Updated)
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said Friday police had acted in a negligent and unprofessional manner when investigating the disappearance of several women who eventually turned out
Investigators to probe possible police shortcomings in serial killer case
The independent police watchdog has appointed three criminal investigators to probe possible shortcomings in the handling of the disappearances of women who turned out to
No progress in red lake search for third body (Update 4)
Investigations at the red lake in Mitsero finished on Wednesday after failing to show any indication of the third body that suspected serial killer Nikos
Search continues for serial killer victims
The search for the victims of a self-confessed serial killer was set to continue on Tuesday using sonar to scan a toxic lake in Mitsero
Sacked chief blames parties for many of police force’s problems
Former police chief Zacharias Chrysostomou urged the public on Monday to trust the force and blamed political parties for many of the problems it faces.
Police watchdog to probe handling of missing women
The independent police watchdog will be investigating the way the force handled the disappearances of several women and two children who turned out to be
Search still on for third suitcase, day after second body found
Search crews failed to locate a third suitcase, believed to contain the body of one of seven victims of a serial killer, in the
President says foreigners will be protected as search continues (update 2)
President Nicos Anastasiades reiterated on Saturday that Cyprus will put all necessary measures in place to protect foreign nationals, after apparent police shortcomings in investigating