MURDERER SUFFERS FROM ALCOHOLISM

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[05:05 pm] 25 January, 2007

The person murdering Sonya Veranyan, a notar of Vanadzor, is registered
in the Lori insane clinic, Gayane Kalantaryan, chief doctor of the
clinic reports. She says that Kamo Papyan suffers from alcoholism.

Just immediately after the assassination Kamo Papyan was seen in
St. Mariam Astvatsatsin church. The cleaner of the church has known
Kamo for two years.

Kamo used to go to church 1-2 a week, put a candle and talk to the
priest. He was there on the eve of the murder.

While cleaning the church, she heard a shooting and rushed out the
moment Kamo had already entered the yard. Kamo had a bag with him;
he looked rather strange. The cleaner got the impression that Kamo
must have picked up a raw with his family, packed his belongings and
left the house. The cleaner saw Kamo enter the church, lit a candle
and leave it. Then he spoke to bishop Ter Sepuh Chuljyan. Only some
time later, the cleaner learnt that the police surrounded the church,
arrested Kamo who had pleaded guilty without further resistance.

Kamo was strangely dressed, there were crosses on his clothes and the
words "count Kamo" on his hat. "I was always afraid of him as he was
a queer person; he often brought letters to the priest addressed to
Pope of Rome, Catholicos, etc", added the cleaner.

There were other people who saw Kamo inside the church that day. A
woman from Vanadzor, who doesn’t want to divulge her name, was there
just the moment Kamo entered. Kamo stood in the corner and prayed
murmuring odd words. When the woman entered a separate cell and saw
a sheet of paper with the following words, "On January 24, 2007,
I killed….", a drawing of a knife, some awkward words, names,
that she didn’t managed to read. Seeing a man in strange clothes
approaching her she immediately left the cell. While leaving the
church the woman saw the stranger taking something out of the bag put
in the corner. She couldn’t see what exactly it was as she was scared
to death and wanted to leave the building as soon as possible. Then,
she learnt that the man was the murderer of Sonya Veranyan. Kamo
Papyan’s cottage where he worked as a tailor was closed. The glasses
were broken. People knowing Kamo say that he had mental drawbacks,
strange behavior, often made mistakes but they were not afraid of
him. They also mention that Kamo was the master of his work. Kamo
used to work with a woman. Kamo is married, has two children-a son
and a daughter but he always spends the nights in his workshop.

Naira Bulghadaryan