Esther Horgan, resident of Tal Menashe in northern Samaria and mother of six children, She is the woman whose body was found last night (Monday) in the Reihan forest with signs of violence on it, this morning the publication was allowed.
The background to the incident is not yet known, and the police are currently examining all directions of the investigation – including murder on a nationalist background. Police and forensic investigators were called to the scene and began collecting findings and conducting investigative actions. According to a preliminary investigation of the incident, Horgan went for a run in the forest near her residence, where she was allegedly murdered.
Police said that following a report received tonight about Horgan’s absence, in the evening, volunteers from the Samaria-Jordan Valley Rescue Unit of the SJ District Police jumped in to search for the woman, but after hours of searching, the unit’s volunteers found the missing woman late at night. Haim: Military forces, Border Police, the dog unit, police forces and civilians participated in the searches.
Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, said of Horgan: “She was so full of kindness and helping people. How does a woman go out of her house for a subtle sporting activity and be murdered by wrongdoers in such a cruel way? What evil do we face? You will never break For us, the settlement in Samaria will flourish and grow and be built together with the entire State of Israel. “
The scene of Horgan’s body in the Shaked forest, this morning // Photo: Ehud Amiton, TPS
According to Dagan, Horgan left her home yesterday around 1:00 PM for a run in the woods. In the evening, after failing to contact her, her husband called the security forces. The scanning teams, including the Samaria Rescue Unit, volunteers from nearby localities, Rabshakehs, army and police scanning teams began searching for her. At around 1:00 at night, she was found lifeless.
MDA paramedics who arrived at the scene found Horgan’s death at the scene. Assaf Tapuhi, an MDA paramedic who arrived at the scene, said: “When we arrived, we were taken to a place where a 52-year-old woman was lying unconscious. “Without a pulse and without any signs of life and in a short time we had to determine her death.”