A journalist committed brutal murders and described these crimes in articles published in the newspaper where he worked, shocking the local community in North Macedonia.
Between 2005 and 2008, a brutal rapist and murderer operated in the small Macedonian city of Kicevo, claiming the lives of at least three women. The most surprising aspect of this case is that the perpetrator was a seasoned journalist who did not hesitate to detail his heinous crimes in the newspaper he worked for, which raised eyebrows among both readers and law enforcement.
The modus operandi of the perpetrator, identified as Tanesk, involved finding his victims—at least three women—who were subsequently raped, tortured, and strangled, with their bodies wrapped in plastic bags. This level of brutality was shocking for Kicevo, a town where violent crime was virtually unheard of, and the reports by journalist Goce Trapkovski in the newspaper 'Nova Makedonija' highlighted the sensational nature of the events, drawing wide attention and concern from the public.
What caught many off guard was not just the brutality of the crimes but also how the killer presented himself. Tanesk wrote about the murders in a detailed manner that only someone intimately involved in the crimes could know. His articles were produced suspiciously quickly after the murders, with chilling insights that contributed to the horror of the community, leaving readers and authorities in disbelief and horror at how someone could freely dissect their own criminal activities in print.
