Turkish academic murder suspect is serial killer

It was revealed that Filiz had killed Goktug Demirarslan and his girlfriend Elena Radchikova three years ago in Turkey’s capital Ankara. Son of the major general Hasan Huseyin Demirarslan, Demirarslan was working in the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).

Filiz thought to have changed his identity after killing them and then moved to the Tuzla district of Istanbul. The teacher Kayikci was killed by Filiz in the Tuzla district on May 26.