After the macabre murder of 14-year-old Vanja Gjorčevska, her mother reacted for the first time.
Zorica Gjorčevska claims that there were no conflicts with the children's father and she was not aware of his financial situation.
In a statement to the Serbian-language media, she said that she was not interested in her husband's life and that her life was only children and work.
"I can not talk. I still don't know why this happened. I'm looking forward to the epilogue of all this. I still don't understand why my normal life turned into hell. It is simply incomprehensible to me how and why my beautiful daughter is now in the grave. I have a chronic illness but I'm holding back, it's important for me to know the truth, and the other girl is currently sick, we all hope she gets better. Please, I am asking you very much to wait until we understand why this happened. I dont know anything. All this to me is unreal. But we've been divorced for five years and I don't know what he was doing. We were on good terms because of the children. We did not argue about custody or education, I allowed him to see them when he wanted or when the children wanted", said Zorica.
Furthermore, she states that she does not know if her ex had gambling debts, since she did not interfere in his life.
"I don't know and I didn't care about his life. My life was my children and my work. He remained alone, to leave me alone. Whenever we talked, we talked about children. Please don't ask me any more questions as I am asking myself a lot of questions about why this happened. And I'm waiting to find out."
Vanja Gjorčevska was kidnapped and killed on November 27 and her father is among the 5 suspects as he is suspected of using his daughter to extort money from his ex-wife.