Professional cooperation among IBSSA, Femeraid Slovakia, and the Slovakian Police
Mr. Roman Ozvold – chief executive officer of “TIPOS”, the Slovakian gambling plc. – was murdered in Slovakia. His disappearance was observed early, but neither he nor his car was found for days.
Upon request of the family – with the assistance of the Slovakian Section of IBSSA – the disaster recovery unit, the Femeraid Slovakia (Komplexná Centralna Zachranná Sluze Slovenská Gabčíkovo / Bős) also joined to the search with the leadership of General Ján Culka – President of Femeraid Slovakia and Chairman of the Rescue Coordinating Department of IBSSA.
The staff of the unit found the car, and then the police expected armed murder based on clues found in the car. After this the IBSSA and the Femeraid Slovakia – as a result of a joint and very systematic research – found the body hidden in the forest. Thus, by the clues and the summarised evidences the police identified and has already caught the suspected murderer, who was taken into custody.
This sorrowful case is a good example of the effective cooperation of the police, the disaster recovery unit and the IBSSA.
Below you can read the time-schedule of the crime detection:
Search for a Missing Person and a Vehicle
- 22.06.2011 at 21:30 the above-mentioned Roman Ožvold left the casino Reduta in Bratislava (SK) for an unknown place
- 23.06.2011 in the morning the police started a search for the missing person and for his BMW X6 vehicle.
- 25.06.2011 at 20:00 the family of the missing person ordered the services of the Complex Central Rescue Service, namely his wife and his children. The services consisted mainly in searching out the missing person.
- 26.06.2011 at 7:00 the search operation of the CCRS started where the mobile phone was last localized. Forces and capabilities in operation: 40 rescuers All-terrain vehicles All-terrain motorcycles Thermovisions, Special sonar Boats, Divers, Search dogs Examined lakes and watercourses in the given locality. The work ended at 21:00.
- 26.06.2011 IBSSA Slovakia was asked for cooperation in the search, represented by Gen. Ján Culka and Mr. Tibor Kulcsár.
- 27.06.2011 at 10:00 continuation of the search operation, search of forest covers and meadows in the specified locality. Forces and capabilities in operation: 18 rescuers All-terrain motorcycles All-terrain vehicles
- 27.06.2011 at 11:00 on the basis of information the vehicle of the missing person was found appr. 30 km away from the searched locality, the vehicle was parked in a residential area in the town Vráble and properly locked. As a result of the search of the vehicle, the police detected a lot of blood and traces of shooting (minimum 5 gun shots). Further evidence proved that the blood belonged to the missing Roman Ožvold and the precise number of gun shots was 8. The shots came from a weapon with a calibre of 7x64 – a sub-machine gun ŠKORPION. The search operation ended at 20:00.
- 28.06.2011 at 7:00 on the basis of the detected facts from
- 27.06.2011, 96 rescuers started search of the missing person focusing on possible terrain abnormalities (mainly newly-made excavations respectively other spots where the body could be hidden). Utilised technique: All-terrain vehicles, All-terrain motorcycles Geo-radar, Thermovision Helicopter, Search dogs At 13:30 the searching team found the body of the missing person Roman O. in the forest cover near the village Jablonica district Levice. It was obvious that a criminal offence was committed on the person of Roman O. The rescue team secured the place of finding and surrendered it to the police at 15:00.
On 03.07.2011 the judge charged the suspect Peter S. with the murder of Roman O. and imposed his pre-trial detention.