The suspect author of the double murder committed in Hagimus village of Causeni district was arrested in the evening of January 30. He is 19 and has a criminal record, IPN reports.

The investigators in Causeni said the young man lived in the same quarter as the 17-year-old victim. The young man admitted his guilt, relating that he stole golden and silver jewels from the victim’s house.

A girl aged 17 was stabbed to death before the eyes of her two-year-old brother on January 24. At about 500 meters from the victim’s house, the police found the body of a 63-year-old woman who was a distant relative of the family.