The hearing has ended and there is a murder charge against the father of a 14-year-old boy whose body was found in a hotel in Biały Dunajec. The suspect did not respond to the charge. The man was sober when he was arrested, but his behavior raised many questions for investigators. After revealing his son's death, he was supposed to have laughed and shouted in the police car that he was God.
Dawid had been coming to Biały Dunajec with his parents and brothers for years. Their mother died six months ago. Their father allegedly wanted to organize a normal vacation for the children. However, he killed a 14-year-old in the hotel.
The man was charged with murder. He pleaded not guilty and did not answer investigators' questions. – This crime itself seems irrational, dictated by some sick emotions – assesses Paweł Moczydłowski, a criminologist.
The entrepreneur from Siedlce had three boys under his care, aged three, seven and fourteen. The brothers' foster family was their grandmother. The father was only trying to obtain full rights to them. – We were in favour of having the father examined in terms of parental ties – says Adam Kowalczuk from the Municipal Family Support Centre in Siedlce.
However, officials did not have time to file a motion for such a test in court. The grandmother relinquished custody in favor of the boys' father just one day before the tragedy.
Dead baby found covered with blanket
According to unofficial information, the man cut his son's throat. Then he took the younger children, locked the room and arbitrarily occupied another, vacant room in the guesthouse. When he showed up in the morning with his two sons for breakfast, the owners of the guesthouse raised the alarm. They asked where Dawid was.
A dead child was found covered with a blanket. The man alternately laughed hysterically or remained silent. – This man is sober. His blood will definitely be taken for testing for psychotropic substances – informs sub-inspector Katarzyna Cisło from the Provincial Police Headquarters in Kraków.
The man wanted the police to kneel before him. – In the police car, when he says he is God, (…) this indicates delusional statements – says Jerzy Pobocha, a court expert from the Polish Association of Forensic Psychiatry.
He was said to be suffering from severe depression.
Former policeman Dariusz Nowak suggests that Dawid may have had a difficult relationship with his father. “He was older than his other two brothers. He didn't necessarily want to be in the same room with his father, he didn't necessarily want to be on a trip like that. He could have said something to him, and since it looks like this man really has problems, some kind of frenzy ensued,” indicates Dariusz Nowak.
After his wife's death, the man allegedly suffered from severe depression. – It is so irrational, so unjustified, so senseless that it cannot be explained otherwise than by disease processes – assesses Paweł Moczydłowski.
The siblings of the murdered teenager now need special care. – Certain images that remain in memory visually or audibly are very difficult to work through. However, this is what the treatment process within psychotherapeutic interactions is all about, to help these children with this type of difficulty – explains Bartosz Neska, a child psychologist.
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