Slogar Is Cleary Lying, But I Trust The Police

Slogar said that he escaped by the back door upon killing Ivana, but there is no back door in my building, Hodak said.

ZAGREB, CROATIA – Mother of murdered Ivana Hodak, Ljerka Mintas-Hodak expressed doubts several days ago that suspect Mladen Slogar actually killed her daughter. Still, Mintas-Hodak said she has accepted the results of the police investigation, but the story still has missing pieces.

Her husband Zvonimir Hodak shares her opinion, who pointed out in a conversation with Javno news site that the case was full of illogic details and divergences.

Hodak: there is no back door in my building

Until it is proved otherwise, I believe the current results of the police investigation. The story has some missing pieces, but I hope all suspicion will disappear when the process against Slogar is started. The important thing now if that the police have the gun which was used to kill Ivana and that his DNA was found on the gun. At he same time, he has made two confessions and there is a witness who has handed over the gun to him. However, on the other hand, there are many illogic details concerning his deposition. It is clear that Slogar is lying in some parts of his deposition. For instance, he said that upon murdering Ivana, he escaped from my building by the back door, but there is no back door. However, this does not have to mean anything. Perhaps the man is a pathological liar – Hodak told us his vision of the case with the highest profile at the moment in Croatia.

Minister has no doubts that Slogar is the murderer

Mladen Slogar aka Zila or Cona, is currently in Remetinec detention, where he will spend at least a

Police work is not performed to seem convincing, but to uphold the law. At that moment, officers were upholding the law. There are too many questions “why” in the public – why did it take him so long to get his vengeance, why did he retaliate at all, why didn`t he get rid of the gun… This is the nature of crime, to raise questions, to question motives. In the end, who knows what the motives of a criminal actually are?

Minister Tomislav Karamarko

The most famous homeless man in Croatia, as the media dubbed him several times,  became an endless topic of many conversations. Most citizens expressed doubt n Slogar`s guilt, while the police, on the contrary, claim and convince everyone that the “Hodak case” has been solved. Croatian Interior Minister Tomislav Karamarko defended the police this weekend, saying that there is no doubt that the killer has been arrested, which is supported by evidence, according to him.

- I leave a distance and a possibility of critically perceiving this case, however when the court process against Slogar starts, everything will be much clearer – Hodak said in the end.