Police arrested a Ramla father early Monday morning on suspicion of murdering his 30-year-old son, whose death in May was initially ruled a suicide. The suspect claims the bedroom door was locked from the inside; a court extended his remand by a week, according to i24NEWS.
Police arrested a father from Ramla early Monday morning on suspicion of murdering his son Shimon Saadia, 30, whose death in May was initially ruled a suicide. The arrest followed a covert investigation, and the Rishon LeZion Magistrate's Court extended the suspect's remand by one week, according to i24NEWS. The suspect, Aharon Saadia, told investigators the bedroom door was locked from the inside when the shooting occurred — a claim cited in earlier reports as compatible with the initial suicide finding.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Monday (16:11 Jerusalem), the case was reopened after police reviewed the evidence. The first bulletin (10:55 Jerusalem) identified the suspect, noted that his lawyers called the allegations baseless, and reported a nine-day remand — an apparent earlier court decision that was later modified to a one-week extension, as reflected in the current update. The sequence shows a rapid evolution from an initial suicide classification to a full homicide investigation, with the suspect's account of a locked door remaining a central point of contention.
The Zioneer reported on a separate but parallel case on June 23: an East Jerusalem father was indicted for strangling his 3-year-old son. Other background items — a man found unconscious in a vehicle, and a father arrested for stabbing his wife and son in East Jerusalem — are unrelated to the Ramla case.
It remains unclear what specific evidence led investigators to reopen the case and alter the cause of death. The suspect's locked-door account has not been independently corroborated or refuted in published reports.
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