She went into the forest and never came back.  The mother found the body.  The murderer lived free for 26 years

She went into the forest and never came back. The mother found the body. The murderer lived free for 26 years

Zyta Michalska was 20 years old. She lived with her aunt in Poznań, and came to her hometown Mikuszew for Easter. After Christmas breakfast, she went for a walk, but never returned home.

It was Easter, April 3, 1994, when the Michalski family ate Christmas breakfast. After the meal, 20-year-old Zyta told her parents that she was going for a walk. However, when she did not return home, the family became concerned and decided to look for her in the area. Zyta was found by her mother only the next day.

Went for a walk on Easter. Her mother found the body

Zyta lived with her aunt in Poznań, but she tried to visit her hometown regularly. She also came for Easter, and on Sunday around 5 pm her boyfriend, Maciej, was to join her. When he arrived at the place, and Zyta still did not return home, the family decided to look for her in the area. One of the neighbors said she saw her around 3:00 p.m. as she walked towards the forest. The search for the Michalskis ended only the next day, when the body of the murdered girl was found by her mother.

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The body was lying by the hunting pulpit. The cause of death was choking on sand and leaves

The corpse was lying by a dirt road about 30 meters from the hunting pulpit. The girl had wounds on her head and neck, which indicated that she had been hit on the head with a blunt object, e.g. a stone, and then she was strangled with a rope or rope. She also had her pants down and her blouse pulled up, but rape was ruled out. On the website you can read that:

It was established that the direct cause of the victim’s death was choking with sand and leaves that got into her trachea during the ‘dragging’ deep into the forest. The victim’s body also revealed injuries and traces indicating that the victim was subjected to violence aimed at leading her to sexual intercourse.

The killer has been free for 26 years. He was caught when the X-Files took over the case

For 26 years, the police have not found the perpetrator of the murder of a 20-year-old woman, but already in 1994 the genetic material was secured. When the investigation was taken over by the X-Files, the Zyta case became loud again in the media. In 2019, a witness came to the police who claimed to know who killed the 20-year-old. The police took the material from the man indicated by the witness and it turned out that it was consistent with the one taken in 1994. The perpetrator turned out to be Waldemar B., who lived in the same village all the time and started a family. Years later, the defendant’s sister admitted that on the day of Zyta’s murder, his brother came home with numerous scratches. Why did Waldemar B. kill? The judge quoted by said that the defendant admitted that the reason for the murder was frivolous. Zita was about to cut him off, which annoyed him so much that he took a stone and hit her on the head five times. Waldemar B. apologized to the family of the murdered 20-year-old and asked for forgiveness.

Source: Gazeta

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