The inside of Narin Güran, whose family members were convicted of murdering her

Eight -year -old Turkish girl Narin Güran disappeared after a Qur’an lesson on August 21, 2024. Nineteen days later, the seekers found a horrible sight: her body sealed in a sack and wedged under stones in a stream near the girl’s hometown Diyarbakır.

Investigators reconstructed her last afternoon from cameras and household data. The murder was reduced to 3: 18–3: 21. PM – and shocking, placed in the family’s home, with relatives present, per CNN Türk.

The same reporting noted an increase in household water use and extensive laundry in the home after that window.

Istanbuls Forensic Medicine Institute concluded that Narin died on August 21 of choking after closing the mouth and nose with pressure on the neck, according to Freedom Daily Beginner And Turkish minute.

Examiners reported no sharp, blunt or shot trauma, according to these stores. It was not possible to make a medical assessment of sexual abuse, according to BBC Turkish.

The girl’s relatives soon came under the microscope by investigators. A court imprisoned the child’s mother, Yüksel Güran, and her brother, Enes Güran, pending trial on murder, while other relatives and co -workers met with the prosecution charges, according to Reuters.

The child’s uncle, Salim Güran – the village manager – had been arrested earlier in the probe, Per Hürriyet daily news. Evidence linked Uncle’s vehicles to the case. DNA taken from Salim Güran’s car matched DNA on Narin’s clothing, according to Daily Sabah and Turkish minute.

Narin’s uncle claimed that he had removed his correspondence with his 8-year-old niece to hide admissions he had met with sex workers per BBC Türkçe.

A figure that is not a family entered the post regarding the disposal of the girl’s body. Nevzat Bahtiyar, a neighbor, told the authorities that he carried the body to the creek in a sack after contacting and offered money, but denied to kill the child – he was later arrested, according to Wall English And Bianet.

In the court’s testimony, Bahtiyar said that the girl’s uncle, Salim Güran, told him that the child was killed because she had seen him with the child’s mother. (Outlets reported the statement as testimony, not as a legal result, according to Voa Türkçe and Turkish minute.)

Protests were held in several cities after the recovery and during early hearings, according to Reuters and Duva English.

The case continued in Diyarbakır’s eighth Supreme Court. On December 29, 2024, the court judged the girl’s mother, Yüksel Güran, her brother Enes Güran and her uncle Salim Güran to exacerbated life imprisonment for the abolished murder of a child acting in a concert, according to Daily Sabah.

Neighbor Nevzat Bahtiyar was sentenced to four years and six months to destroy or hide evidence after acknowledging that he moved the body, according to the stores.

Reporting on the decision noted that the panel did not identify who used the deadly pressure or established a definitive motive. A subsequent review maintained the prison conditions and the case moved forward in the Cassation Court, according to Bianet.