{"id":534871,"date":"2026-04-19T18:17:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=534871"},"modified":"2026-04-19T23:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:20:23","slug":"murder-case-opened-after-woman-s-body-found-in-forest-in-lepel-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/murder-case-opened-after-woman-s-body-found-in-forest-in-lepel-district","title":{"rendered":"Murder Case Opened After Woman\u2019s Body Found in Forest in Lepel District"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The Investigative Committee\u2019s department for the Viciebsk Region has opened a criminal case on charges of murder following the <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/woman-s-body-found-in-forest-in-lepel-district\">discovery of a woman\u2019s body<\/a> in a forest area of the Lepel District on April 17. According to preliminary information, the death is believed to be of a criminal nature.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the deceased has not yet been established. Her estimated age is between 18 and 40, and her height is about 170 cm. An investigative team worked at the scene, and items and objects relevant to the investigation were seized. A number of forensic examinations have been \u043d\u0430\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are asking anyone with information about the woman\u2019s death, as well as those whose missing relatives or acquaintances match her description, to report it by calling 102 or the \u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u043e-\u0434\u0435\u0436\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u044f service of the Investigative Committee for the Viciebsk Region at +375 33 399 80 44 (available 24\/7).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Investigative Committee\u2019s department for the Viciebsk Region has opened a criminal case on charges of murder following the discovery of a woman\u2019s body in a forest area of the Lepel District on April 17. According to preliminary information, the death is believed to be of a criminal nature. The identity of the deceased has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":501225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e5390ab65cc.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Murder Case Opened After Woman\u2019s Body Found in Forest in Lepel District"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-incident"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}