Esmail Jafarzadeh

Esmail Jafarzadeh
Esmail Jafarzadeh (center), minutes before execution
Born 1975
Iran
Died September 19, 2017(2017-09-19) (aged 41–42)
Iran
Cause of death Execution by hanging
Criminal penalty Death
Conviction(s) Murder
Details
Victims 3
Span of crimes
 1991–2017
Country Iran

Esmail Jafarzadeh (born 1975 - September 19, 2017) was an Iranian serial killer.

Background

Before the arrest, Esmail was once arrested for armed conflict. He brought a little girl to his father's house 15 years ago, but the girl cried out and ran away from him. Subsequently, the father of the girl came to his house and began to fight him, and because of this incident a police case was filed. The girl's family refused to complain, however. After this incident, Esmail's first wife decided to separate from him.

Previous murders

Esmail confessed to three murders. In 1991, a woman went missing, and he was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and spent two weeks in custody, but since no reason for the murder could be obtained, he was freed; however, Esmail confessed to killing the woman after his final arrest.

In 1993, a corpse was discovered whose killer was not found. After the murder of Atena and subsequent investigation, Esmail's car was inspected, with him confessing to the murder.[1]

Murder of Atena Aslani

Atena Aslani was a 7-year-old Iranian girl from Parsabad who was killed by Esmail Jafarzadeh on June 28, 2017. The Attorney General of Parsabad said: "Atena went away from her father's dyeing shop to a nearby shop. The shopkeeper was a 42-year-old man who had known Atena and her father for a long time." Also, according to the Ardabil prosecutor, his motive was sexual harassment.[2][3]

Esmail Jafarzadeh said in his confession: "For two or three days I was tempted to see Atena. On the day of the incident I came to my shop to take water and because nobody was there, I went to her. I wanted her to help me out, but she began to shout. So I put my hand on her mouth, and when I came to my senses she did not breathe anymore. I was scared and took the body to the parking lot, where I hid it in a barrel. I fled to my room, but a few days later I was arrested as a suspect and my secret was revealed."[4]

Arrest and disclosure of murders

By examining CCTV footage it was determined that Atena's killer disappeared in the range of the shops, but the moment of his arrival was not registered on any camera. At that time, Esmail was arrested as a suspect and sent to prison for interrogation. His house was inspected, but the police were not aware of the body hidden in the parking lot. According to the killer's brother, he called his wife in prison and asked her to go to the parking lot and find the barrel. Jafarzadeh's wife, after finding the barrel in which the corpse was, she disclosed this information to the police.[5]

Execution

Esmail Jafarzadeh was publicly hanged on September 19, 2017.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Atena's killer is also the killer of two other women
  2. ↑ "All the advent of Atena's loss and Confessions of the Killer" (in Persian). Iran: Asr-e. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "The main motive of Atena Aslani's killer" (in Persian). World News. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "The secret of Atena Aslani's killer; a brutal child killer in custody" (in Persian). Tomorrow. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ↑ PSNA
  6. ↑ Atena's Killer to be hanged
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