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The mayor of Slatina asks the Police not to discard evidence in the investigation concerning the mass graves in the Strehareț cemetery

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15 October 2026, 17:08
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Slatina Mayor Mario De Mezzo claims that a metal coffin lid found in one of the mass graves at Strehareț Cemetery indicates that the remains were buried recently. A note bearing the name of a person who died in 2022 was attached to the lid; the mayor says the person had allegedly been repatriated from Germany.

De Mezzo accuses the police and prosecutors of failing to preserve the lid as evidence and says he was allegedly told to throw it away. The mayor says he will not give up the item, considering it potentially relevant to determining when and under what circumstances the remains were moved.

The case is under investigation after workers discovered remains in the cemetery on September 16, 2026, which prosecutors say belonged to approximately 23 people and had been stored in raffia sacks. Police also identified a coffin, and the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Slatina District Court opened a criminal case for desecration of corpses or graves.

Investigators are verifying the origin of the remains and whether procedures concerning possible exhumations were followed. Four people have been questioned. Prosecutors said that reports of undecomposed bodies, remains dating from the pandemic period, or burial dates written on the sacks do not correspond to reality.

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Context: Ancheta de la Cimitirul Strehareți din Slatina a pornit după descoperirea unor saci cu oseminte și a unui sicriu ascuns

În 16 septembrie 2026, muncitori care efectuau lucrări în Cimitirul Strehareți din Slatina au descoperit oseminte depozitate în saci de rafie, iar polițiștii au identificat și un sicriu. Parchetul de pe lângă Judecătoria Slatina a deschis un dosar penal pentru profanare de cadavre sau morminte, iar anchetatorii au început verificări privind proveniența rămășițelor și respectarea procedurilor în cazul unor eventuale exhumări.

În paralel, primarul Mario De Mezzo a contestat modul în care au fost gestionate documentele și a susținut că municipalitatea nu deține evidențe privind exhumări și reînhumări realizate anterior. El a formulat și acuzații privind posibile abuzuri legate de administrarea cimitirului, în contextul în care cimitirul a revenit în administrarea Primăriei după o perioadă de concesionare.

Pe fondul investigației, procurorii au audiat patru persoane și au respins informațiile vehiculate public privind existența unor cadavre nedescompuse, originea osemintelor din perioada pandemiei sau datele de înhumare înscrise pe saci. Totodată, ancheta a vizat și modul în care rămășițele au fost depozitate și dacă au fost respectate regulile aplicabile.

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Primarul din Slatina cere Poliţiei şi Parchetului să nu arunce probe în ancheta care vizează gropile comune din cimitirul din oraş: Măi dragi organe de cercetare penală, vă rog doar să vă faceţi treaba!

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