The person claimed he thought she was “enjoying a joke on him” earlier than realizing she was lifeless; the next day, he shot himself within the head with a nail gun — and nonetheless had the nail in his head a month later when he reported her loss of life to police.
A Turkish nationwide is behind bars in Milwaukee after he confirmed as much as a police station final month and claimed his girlfriend was not solely lifeless inside his residence — however she had been there, as he slept subsequent to her stabbed physique, for almost a month.
Serkan Akcilad, 24, is being held on $1,000,000 bond after being charged with reckless murder over the loss of life of his girlfriend, 21-year-old Silan Tut. As for why he waited so lengthy to report her loss of life, he allegedly stated — in keeping with his arrest affidavit — that he was “unfamiliar with the legal guidelines of this nation.”
In keeping with FOX 6, Akcilad’s legal professional stated his shopper was within the States on verified asylum standing. The suspect additionally reportedly stated he solely reported the loss of life as a result of he knew property administration was going to have a look at his residence the next day. The pair had obtained an eviction discover in January.
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Per the affidavit, Akcilad reported the loss of life on February 27 — however instructed police he left his girlfriend of their residence on January 24 to run some errands and got here house to seek out Tut lifeless. Per police, Akcilad was seen that night time shopping for a bottle of bleach — however he claims he purchased provides to wash up after their hamsters earlier than they took off for a visit to Chicago.
He has denied killing her — although a neighbor instructed police they heard the pair arguing loudly for about 10 minutes that night time.
“He initially thought she was enjoying a joke on him, however she was chilly to the contact and located she was lifeless,” he instructed police, per the docs. “He then ‘handed out’ from shock. When he awoken, he noticed she was nonetheless lifeless and will have handed out once more.”
Akcilad allegedly instructed authorities that the following day, January 25, he purchased a nail gun and tried to commit suicide by taking pictures himself within the head. The nail was nonetheless in his cranium when he reported Tut’s loss of life the police — and he needed to bear surgical procedure to have it eliminated, because it was “extending into his mind.”
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Akcilad allegedly instructed police he “slept by the lifeless physique of [Tut] on the ground the place he initially discovered her,” earlier than officers discovered her laying face up with a pillow below her head. Authorities stated the physique appeared to have been “staged,” with crime scene analysts figuring out she was stabbed elsewhere and dragged to the place police discovered her.
Tut reportedly suffered stab wounds to the torso and neck and seemed to be lifeless for a couple of month.
Per the affidavit, he did admit to shifting her physique the day earlier than reporting her loss of life. He additionally allegedly admitted utilizing Tut’s telephone to speak together with her household — even sending them an outdated picture — so he may “persuade them that she was alive and in good well being.”
When requested concerning the lack of sharp knives within the residence, Akcilad allegedly stated he did not know the way they went lacking; he additionally could not account for the nail gun.
Akcilad is due in court docket once more on March 19.
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