Drama in the Barnoar investigation: The State's witness in
the 2009 gay center shooting case has escaped a police safe house where he
resided under police protection. Hundreds of police officers are searching for
him. It is feared he will flee the country and might be targeted by offenders.
Police switched safe houses after the witness gave an
interview to Ynet and started talking to his friends. On Thursday morning, police
discovered he had escaped from the safe house without anyone noticing it.
The key player responsible for breaking the story of the
Barnoar murders kept the secret for three-and-a-half years. He knew the plans
of the murder suspects: To avenge the sexual assault of one of them, who was a
boy, and to help bring the plan to fruition.
After the massacre everyone kept silent. A long time went by
before the accomplice broke – and decided to take his revenge. "Why?
Because they screwed me for a lot of money. They did not look out for me in
jail. Besides, I'm from the (gay) community and it's very hard for me,"
the man who became state’s witness said to his acquaintances.
The man is a criminal who was in prison several times, for
violent crimes, among other things. A week and a half before the murder, when
he was still in prison, he was approached by two of the suspects, who had
cooperated with him in previous crimes.
They told him about what allegedly happened to one of them:
A well-known activist in the gay community had sexually assaulted him. They
asked for information regarding the man, and the witness told them that he
would be at Barnoar that evening – August 1, 2009. "I thought maybe they
would beat him up," he said in a recording obtained by Ynet.
Two days after the murder, the witness was questioned
himself, as he used to frequent the Barnoar, and even had confrontations there
with people. His name came up in police inquiries, and detectives went to
question him in jail.
He did not say anything specific, but he claims that he did
leave them with a hint – you should focus on the community activist. It is
unclear whether investigators really listened to what he was saying. The
interpretation of this, regardless, took much longer.
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