Scene of the murder
צילום: יונת אטלס
Palestinian teen admits to killing prostitute for NIS 150
Dahariya resident stabs Zviya Yegudayev in the neck during argument over money, mutilates her body
A Palestinian admitted on Sunday to the murder of prostitute Zviya Yegudayev in Beersheba three weeks ago.
Yegudayev, a 28-year-old mother of three, was found by another prostitute in a grove near the Ben-Gurion University train station in the Negev city. Stab wounds and bruises were found all over her body.
Initially investigators believed the murder was carried out by a Beersheba resident, but a week ago, after processing evidence that was found at the scene of the crime, police arrested two brothers from the West Bank village of Dahariya, near Hebron.
One of the brothers reenacted the murder and said during his interrogation that he had killed the prostitute following an argument over money.
Superintendent David Shriki told Ynet that the teen said Yegudayev owed him NIS 150 (about $38) for sexual services that she was supposed to give him a week prior to the murder. According to the police officer, the Palestinian returned to Beersheba and stabbed the prostitute in the neck and then mutilated her body.
The teen also stole Yegudayev's cell phone, Shriki said.
As for the murderer's brother, Shriki said "we are checking his level of involvement in the murder; he apparently helped his brother only after the murder occurred."
Police intend to file an indictment against the Palestinian teen with the Beersheba District Court in the coming days.
