Who murdered Nenad Gajanovic in August 1996? After 28 years, this question is now being investigated again by a homicide squad of the Cloppenburg/Vechta police inspectorate under the direction of the Oldenburg public prosecutor’s office.
On August 8, 1996, hunters in Dümmerlohausen in the district of Vechta found the body of a 35-year-old man next to a red VW Golf on what is now the L853. The victim, Nenad Gajanovic, had been murdered with several shots.
It is known about Nenad Gajanovic that he himself moved into criminal circles, committed burglaries in northern Germany and lived in Hamburg. In his environment, he was called Gajo. One of his last places of residence was a hotel in Alexanderstraße in Oldenburg (Oldb.), where he had presumably gone into hiding before his murder. The red VW Golf found had previously been stolen in Bad Essen. The victim came from the former Yugoslavia and had family ties there.
A homicide squad founded at the time could not solve the case, and it was filed away. Today, the murder case is a cold case.
In 2019, the investigation files and seized evidence were re-examined and evaluated as part of a review of old, unsolved cases. New analytical methods and their results have now led to a resumption of the investigation and 2024 to the establishment of the “Gajo 96” homicide squad. Named after the murder victim’s nickname and the year of his murder.
In cooperation with the Oldenburg Police Department, the Cloppenburg/Vechta Police Inspectorate has produced a short film. This is a novelty because the film provides insights into the murder case using original photos and excerpts from the investigation file. The film presents details of the murder case that have not been publicly available and is intended to raise awareness.
The film is intended to address witnesses or confidants who can provide information about the murder of Nenad Gajanovic. The viewer also notices how difficult the investigations in the field of organized crime must have been. The short film also shows how cruel and insidious the crime must have been committed. Therefore, true crime production also contains image material that makes a trigger warning necessary.
The Oldenburg police department has offered a reward of 5,000 EUR for information leading to the clarification of the case and the apprehension of the perpetrator. This reward is awarded in agreement with the Oldenburg public prosecutor’s office.
The award and distribution of the reward will be decided to exclude legal recourse. The reward is intended exclusively for private individuals not involved in the crime and not for public officials whose professional duty includes prosecuting criminal acts.
There is also the possibility of receiving information confidentially. Therefore, an anonymized statement to the police can also be guaranteed.
Possible further crimes in connection with the murder case, with the exception of homicide, are now statute-barred.
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