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MURDERER SUFFERS FROM ALCOHOLISM

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The person murdering Sonya Veranyan, a notar of Vanadzor, is registered in the Lori insane clinic, Gayane Kalantaryan, chief doctor of the clinic reports. She says that Kamo Papyan suffers from alcoholism.

Just immediately after the assassination Kamo Papyan was seen in St. Mariam Astvatsatsin church. The cleaner of the church has known Kamo for two years. Kamo used to go to church 1-2 a week, put a candle and talk to the priest. He was there on the eve of the murder.

While cleaning the church, she heard a shooting and rushed out the moment Kamo had already entered the yard. Kamo had a bag with him; he looked rather strange. The cleaner got the impression that Kamo must have picked up a raw with his family, packed his belongings and left the house. The cleaner saw Kamo enter the church, lit a candle and leave it. Then he spoke to bishop Ter Sepuh Chuljyan. Only some time later, the cleaner learnt that the police surrounded the church, arrested Kamo who had pleaded guilty without further resistance.

Kamo was strangely dressed, there were crosses on his clothes and the words “count Kamo” on his hat. “I was always afraid of him as he was a queer person; he often brought letters to the priest addressed to Pope of Rome, Catholicos, etc”, added the cleaner.

There were other people who saw Kamo inside the church that day. A woman from Vanadzor, who doesn’t want to divulge her name, was there just the moment Kamo entered. Kamo stood in the corner and prayed murmuring odd words. When the woman entered a separate cell and saw a sheet of paper with the following words, “On January 24, 2007, I killed....”, a drawing of a knife, some awkward words, names, that she didn’t managed to read. Seeing a man in strange clothes approaching her she immediately left the cell. While leaving the church the woman saw the stranger taking something out of the bag put in the corner. She couldn’t see what exactly it was as she was scared to death and wanted to leave the building as soon as possible. Then, she learnt that the man was the murderer of Sonya Veranyan. Kamo Papyan’s cottage where he worked as a tailor was closed. The glasses were broken. People knowing Kamo say that he had mental drawbacks, strange behavior, often made mistakes but they were not afraid of him. They also mention that Kamo was the master of his work. Kamo used to work with a woman. Kamo is married, has two children-a son and a daughter but he always spends the nights in his workshop.

Naira Bulghadaryan