Jerusalem couple indicted for murdering neighbor, dismembering body

A Jerusalem couple is indicted for murdering their neighbor, dismembering his body and burying the remains a communal garden.

According to the indictment, Andrei Wolchanski and Claire Kroveli of the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood had been in a long-running dispute with 59-year-old Shlomo Sami Marciano. The latter had even filed a lawsuit against the defendants over illegal construction in April.

During a May 10 argument between Wolchanski and Marciano in the lobby of their apartment building, Wolchanski grabbed an ax and hacked his neighbor to death, the charges say.

Wolchanski then dragged Marciano’s lifeless body into his apartment and began cutting it with the help of Kroveli. The couple later decided to bury the remains in a neighborhood garden.

While burying some of Marciano remains in the early hours of May 11, the couple was spotted by two youths who reported the suspicious activity to police.