The detention of the Palestinian suspected of the murder of the late Esther Horgan was extended this morning (Saturday) in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court. Before extending his detention, the suspect repeated the murder in front of GSS and police cameras in the Reihan forest, describing how he threw the stone at Horgan’s head.
Suspected of involvement in the murder of the late Esther Horgan. Photo: IDF Spokesman
The GSS continues to investigate the motives of the suspect and the circumstances of the murder. The SJ District Police are investigating the incident with the GSS in order to locate aides and accomplices to the heinous murder and by technological means the two bodies are investigating the suspect’s conduct in the days before and after the incident. Among the detainees are members of the suspect’s family.
Yesterday morning, IDF forces conducted a mapping of the house of the murder suspect in the village of Tora.
The head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, then called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order the intensification of construction in the Binyamin region in northern Samaria, increase the settlement of Tal Menashe – the residence of Horgan’s family and establish another settlement that will commemorate her memory under the heading “Light Distribution”.
Immediately after the announcement of the capture, Benjamin Horgan’s husband asked the security forces and residents not to respond to retaliation, etc., but to spread light, strengthen settlement and prove to the murderers that such acts will not deter or intimidate residents who built their home in Tal Menashe or nearby communities. .
As you may recall, the 52-year-old Horgan, a resident of Tal Menashe, went for a walk at the beginning of the week in the afternoon and around 13:50 was observed by the security cameras in her locality as well as the testimony of her friend as she entered the Reihan forest. When she did not return home, it was her husband who reported her absence to the police, and since then large forces have been searching for her. At 2 a.m., Horgan’s body was found in the woods after a terrorist ran over her skull.