Friends of missing Israeli man now suspected of murder after body found
Police seek to extend the detention of Omri Peretz and Maxim Barberman for 15 days after a decomposed body was found near the Yarkon Interchange; remains have not been identified, and there is still no official confirmation they belong to missing 23-year-old Eldar Dayan
Two friends of missing Israeli resident Eldar Dayan, Omri Peretz and Maxim Barberman, have been detained for an additional 15 days. Police now suspect the pair of murder after finding a decomposed body near the Yarkon Interchange in Petah Tikva during a search for the missing man. The body has not yet been identified, and police have not officially confirmed it belongs to Dayan. The suspects appeared at Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court on Thursday, where a judge ordered the proceedings to remain confidential.
The body was discovered near a gas station near a location where an abandoned vehicle with a shattered window was found last month. The vehicle was owned by the mother of one of the suspects and may have been used by Dayan on the day he disappeared. The body was sent to the National Center of Forensic Medicine for identification and an investigation into the cause and circumstances of death.
Dayan's family learned about the discovery through media reports and expressed shock and criticism over the police handling of the case. They felt that the family was not properly informed about the development. Dayan, 23, had gone out with friends on July 16 and disappeared after telling his sister and girlfriend there was trouble. Since then, he has not been heard from and his phone remains unavailable.
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