A body was found Thursday morning in the Petah Tikva area during searches for missing man Eldar Dayan, according to Israeli media. The body has been sent for identification. Dayan's mother appealed to police officers, asking to see the body to confirm whether it is her son. 'Let me see the body - I will know if it's my son,' she said, according to reports.
A body was found Thursday morning in the Petah Tikva area during searches for Eldar Dayan, the 23-year-old Dimona resident who has been missing since July 17. The body has been sent for forensic identification. Dayan's mother appealed to police officers on the scene to be allowed to see the body, saying that if she sees it she will know whether it is her son. The family has not been officially updated by police and accused the authorities of negligence, according to N12 and ynet.
The disappearance of Dayan sparked a complex investigation. He was last seen on July 17 in the Petah Tikva area, and his last contact was a WhatsApp message to his partner. Police initially pursued two main lines of inquiry: a possible kidnapping in a criminal context, and a hit-and-run accident followed by flight. Two friends of Dayan were arrested on suspicion of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to commit a crime, and their remand was extended several times. Over the course of the investigation, police found a shirt belonging to Dayan near the location where his vehicle was discovered, and later located two helmets believed to belong to the group.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today, the body was found during the ongoing search operations. Police have not yet confirmed the identity of the deceased or the cause of death. The investigation has been transferred to the Central District's YMR (Central Unit) for consolidated handling of both the disappearance and the preceding brawl incident. The mother's appeal underscores the family's distress amid the uncertainty surrounding the identification process.
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