Disappeared three years ago in Spain, 29-year-old Albanian was killed for 5 euros

2026-11-15 18:21:16Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Disappeared three years ago in Spain, 29-year-old Albanian was killed for 5

Three years after the event, the mysterious disappearance of the young Albanian in Spain, Artjol Ramaj, who lost contact with his family in March 2023, aged 29, has been solved. Spanish media write that Ramaj was killed by a 52-year-old man with whom he lived in a house while together they took care of a marijuana plantation.

The murder of the Vlora man is said to have occurred after a conflict over just 5 euros, which escalated into a physical fight between him and the 52-year-old suspected killer. A clash that ended fatally for the Albanian from Vlora. 

El Pais has dedicated an article to the investigation into the Albanian's death, writing that his body was dismembered and scattered in a wooded area near his apartment, while his remains were discovered about a month and a half later by a person walking his dog.

After several years of investigation, the case is expected to go to a jury trial in Spain, with the prosecution reportedly seeking 22 years and 5 months in prison for the accused. On the other hand, the victim's family is demanding an even harsher sentence.

Artjol Ramaj traveled directly to Spain in November 2022, while the last contact he had with his family was on March 2, 2023.

At the time, the 29-year-old's mother suspected that her son had been kidnapped. In a statement given to Albanian media, Artjoli's mother said that she had reported her son's disappearance to both the Albanian and Spanish police, but for months she received no information about her son.

"No contact with the boy to this day. The police tell us it's a kidnapping. They don't tell the wife there anything. They tell her: Don't worry, it's a kidnapping, it's not murder. They suspect one person, that there were two people who did this. This one is the owner of the house and this other one who took the boy hostage. That the boy's footprints were found in the car, but what they are feet and clothes are is unknown. They know what they found, hair traces or something else, they just found traces of Artjol, they tell us," Artjol's mother confessed in 2023, while asking for help in finding the boy. 

Full article from El Pais:

On the night of March 2, 2023, the young Albanian Artjol Ramaj disappeared without a trace. Since the end of 2022, he had been living with another man, 52-year-old IB, known by the nickname El Seco, in a two-story house attached to another, in a residential complex in Riudarenes, Girona, where the two maintained and guarded a marijuana plantation.

Disa ditë më vonë, një i njohur i të riut denoncoi zhdukjen e tij në policinë katalanase, Mossos d'Esquadra. Ai ishte shqetësuar nga mungesa e informacionit për fatin e shqiptarit, por edhe nga ato që i riu u kishte treguar më parë të njohurve të tij.

Sipas këtyre rrëfimeve, marrëdhënia mes tij dhe bashkëjetuesit ishte përkeqësuar dhe të dy kishin pasur disa përleshje.

Kur policët mbërritën në banesë, arrestuan 52-vjeçarin, pronarin e pronës, nën akuzën për një vepër penale kundër shëndetit publik. Ata çmontuan gjithashtu plantacionin e marijuanës, por nuk gjetën asnjë gjurmë të të riut të zhdukur.

Prokuroria kërkon mbi 22 vite burg

Pas disa vitesh hetime, një gjykatë në Santa Coloma de Farners ka vendosur të mbyllë fazën hetimore dhe ta kalojë çështjen për gjykim me juri.

Prokuroria kërkon 22 vite e 5 muaj burg për të akuzuarin, ndërsa dy palët akuzuese që përfaqësojnë, nga njëra anë, nënën dhe motrën e viktimës dhe, nga ana tjetër, babanë e tij, kërkojnë një dënim tre vite më të gjatë.

Gjykatësi dyshon se El Seco e vrau të riun pas një tjetër grindjeje, natën e zhdukjes së tij, pasi e akuzonte se i kishte marrë 5 euro që i përkisnin.

Sipas dyshimeve, 52-vjeçari e sulmoi shqiptarin ndërsa ai qëndronte i shtrirë në shtrat, i papërgatitur për sulmin dhe pa mundësi për t'u mbrojtur.

Hetuesit dyshojnë se agresori ushtroi dhunë të rëndë ndaj tij, duke i shkaktuar vdekjen.

Eshtrat u gjetën në pyll, dyshohet se kafshët e egra shkatërruan trupin

Përveç akuzës për vrasje, palët akuzuese i atribuojnë 52-vjeçarit edhe veprën penale të përdhosjes së kufomës, për të cilën kërkojnë 5 muaj burg.

Trupi i pajetë i Artjol Ramajt nuk u gjet kurrë i plotë. Hetuesit zbuluan vetëm mbetjet e tij mortore, në formën e një numri të madh eshtrash të shpërndara në një hapësirë që përdorej si vendgrumbullim mbeturinash, në një zonë pyjore pranë banesës ku dyshohet se ai u sulmua për vdekje, në kompleksin e banimit Can Fornaca.

Mbetjet mortore u zbuluan më 17 prill 2023, rreth një muaj e gjysmë pas vrasjes së dyshuar, nga një burrë që po shëtiste qenin e tij.

Gjykatësi hetues dyshon se i akuzuari e dinte se çfarë po bënte kur e transportoi trupin në atë vend.

Sipas hetimit, derrat e egër dhe kafshët e familjes së qenve që frekuentonin zonën mund ta shkatërrnin trupin dhe ta bënin të pamundur identifikimin e tij.

“Gjendja në të cilën ndodheshin mbetjet kockore, me skeletizim të pjesshëm, shpërndarje anatomike dhe ndryshime tafonomike të shkaktuara nga kafshët që ushqehen me kërma, nuk lejoi përcaktimin e numrit të plagëve që i akuzuari i kishte shkaktuar viktimës”, shpjegon prokuroria.

Ekspertët arritën të identifikonin vetëm një traumë në kokë dhe tru, si pasojë e sulmit, një nga dëmtimet që, sipas palëve akuzuese, i shkaktoi vdekjen të riut që ruante plantacionin.

Pranë mbetjeve mortore u gjet edhe një thikë.

Gjurmë gjaku në dhomën e gjumit, furgon dhe lavatriçe

Në të njëjtin vend, hetuesit gjetën edhe sende të tjera që i përkisnin të riut shqiptar.

Among them were a towel, a duvet cover, a pillow and a rug, which were stained with blood after the attack.

Police also discovered traces of blood in the victim's bedroom, which El Seco allegedly attempted to clean up to destroy evidence.

Traces of blood were also found in the van that was suspected of being used to transport the body to a location where wild animals could have covered the tracks.

During the search, the police even found a pair of the accused's pants inside the washing machine, also stained with blood.

The accused denies the murder: The evidence is based only on suspicions

However, El Seco insists he is innocent.

His defense argues that the accusation is based almost entirely on a combination of circumstances and indications, which it describes as "suspects, probabilities or merely possible reconstructions."

In the document requesting the dismissal of the case, the defendant's lawyer argues that the investigators' conclusions are largely built on each other, without direct evidence to prove her client's responsibility.

"In the present case, the conclusions are largely built on each other, as it is assumed that the death occurred in the room because there is blood there; the death is attributed to the accused because he cohabited with the victim; the trousers are interpreted as evidence of the attack because it is assumed that the accused was the aggressor; the blood in the vehicle is interpreted as evidence of the transportation of the body because it is assumed that the accused had killed the victim; and the transportation of the mattress and bed sheets is attributed to the accused because, again, it is assumed that he was the one who committed the murder," the defense's argument states.


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