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They fled the violence, they took him to trial
Koneva came from Macedonia, from where she fled to London in 1995 and settled in the Hammersmith district. They did not want Katerina to grow up amid violence, hatred and witness ethnic cleansing. They did not suspect that it was in the rich western world that their daughter would face the greatest danger.
Andrzej Kunowski, who comes from Mława, also hid in London, but not from persecution, but from the judicial system. In Poland, it has been linked to the rape of 27 women. Girls were also among his victims. He attacked for the first time in 1973. He was 17 at the time and the victim was his neighbor.
He was sentenced to 30 years, left for 6 …
Kunowski was imprisoned several times for his misdeeds, from which he managed to escape twice. Ultimately, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison, but was sentenced to good behavior after just six. He calmed down briefly. He started working, got married and became a father. However, he quickly began attacking young women and girls again.
In 1992, he was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl and the rape of an 11-year-old girl. While in detention, he began to complain of health problems. Apparently he had a pain in his hip joint. In 1996 he was granted a pass for medical reasons. He was supposed to be behind bars again after hip surgery. Instead of going to a hospital, Kunowski went to Britain as a tourist.
Clean, caring and friendly
Although Polish services informed Interpol about his escape, Kunowski was not arrested at the border, because the law did not require border guards to take fingerprints of visitors to Britain.
It is unclear how Kunowski managed to enter the Koneva household. Perhaps he convinced Katerina that he was an acquaintance of her father, and when she saw a dark-skinned man speaking with a foreign accent, she believed.
It is known that “The Beast”, as the media called the rapist, managed to make a very good first impression. He dressed neatly, his shoes were always clean, and his hair was combed. He kindly started conversations and offered to help his victims.
Father looked through the keyhole and saw men’s shoes
However, it is possible that he was hunting a 12-year-old girl and, seeing her go home, he followed her. It is possible that he used his thief skills and broke the front door.
The fact is that after a three-hour rape, Trajce Koneva scared him and tried to enter, but something was blocking his access. He started calling Katerina, thinking that maybe the girl was taking a bath, until at one point he looked inside the house through the keyhole and noticed some black men’s shoes. Then he realized that his son was in danger.
Koneva tried to force the door, kicking it and pressing it, but it didn’t move. She then ran to the other side of the house and caught the escaping Beast. The surprised Macedonian asked the intruder what he was doing in his house, and after a while he noticed a small drop of blood on his face. Kunowski said nothing, jumped out the window and ran away.
They strangled her with a telephone cable and her father was arrested. Destroyed the family
Trajce pursued the Pole for some time, but failed to capture him. He eventually returned home to discover Katerina dead. The girl was strangled with a telephone cable. She was raped for three hours before dying.
Although both Kunowski’s fingerprints and DNA traces were found at the scene, Trajce was suspected of killing his daughter. The man was even arrested and briefly questioned. Finally, he was free of all suspicions.
The husband’s arrest, however, shook the enchantment. As time went by, the woman began to accuse her spouse of lying and to perceive her as the true murderer of her daughter. This was partly because the one Trajce saw and described to the police was not caught. Four years after Katerina’s death, the marriage broke up.
Impunity made him brave
Meanwhile, the Beast of Mława continued to attack the women. There are many indications that after Katerina’s death, Kunowski began to consider himself a crime genius. He probably came to the conclusion that he managed to outwit not only the Polish but also the British judiciary. The impunity after the girl’s murder made it increasingly audacious.
He only went into hiding for a month after the crime. She then returned to London and returned to live in the Acton district, a few miles from Hammersmith. During this time, his mother visited him regularly and he also underwent heart surgery. Once he was even arrested because he was pretending to be someone else and extorting benefits. However, he was released!
He said the rape was a thank you and invited him to a second meeting.
He only came forward in 2002 after raping a 21-year-old Korean girl whom he accused in a subway station. Seeing that the girl was looking at the accommodation offers, she offered to help. He convinced her that he knew a nice cheap place in Acton. In fact, he took her to his study where he gave her a three-hour nightmare. He raped her, beat her and strangled her until she passed out.
He only let her out because she had promised to call him and come back the next day. After leaving the apartment, the woman immediately contacted the police, who knocked on Kunowski’s door. The Pole was arrested and a year later sentenced to 10 years in prison for rape. At trial, he claimed to be innocent, and the Korean woman herself wanted to have sex to “thank him for a place to sleep.”
Only after a year was it discovered that he had killed the 12-year-old boy.
Surprisingly, Kunowski’s connection to the Hammersmith murder was not discovered until he was sent to prison! In 2004, the Beast was sentenced to life in prison. His mother, Elizabeth, later told the British media that her son lived well behind bars. She was supposed to praise the food and the medical care. On September 23, 2009, she died of heart disease.
Although the prosecution proved Kunowski was just one murder, investigators believe he could have killed many more women. His list of potential victims includes student Elizabeth Chau, 19, who disappeared in 1999, and Lola Shenkoya, 27, who was last seen in 2000.
Is it related to Iwona’s disappearance?
Law enforcement officers also suspected that Kunowski was linked to the disappearance of his compatriot Iwona Kamińska. From Modliborzyce in the province. In Lublin, the 20-year-old disappeared on July 13, 2000.
Iwona went on vacation to London. She was supposed to stay in Britain for two weeks. She stayed with a friend with whom she studied English. It was she who convinced the 20-year-old to leave and got her a job in a crystal shop in Hammersmith, the same district where Kunowski was on the run.
During the first days of her stay, Iwona communicated with her parents every day. She recounted what she had visited and reported on her plans for the next few days. The unfortunate day the Polish woman was supposed to meet her friends after work. However, she never made it to the meeting. The next day, a concerned friend reported her missing. The police ruled out escape and suicide. It was immediately suspected that something terrible had happened to Ivona.
She was similar to some of Kunowski’s victims
CCTV cameras captured the moment he was driving to work, but no footage was found to indicate that he dropped Hammersmith. During the investigation, the police questioned the chief of Iwona, also Polish, who was initially suspected of murdering her. In the store where she worked, the floor had even been ripped off, but no body was found, nor was there any evidence that the old man might have had anything to do with the case.
The Polish woman looked like some of Kunowski’s victims. The killer often targeted dark-haired women who appeared younger than they actually were. She chose tourists and immigrants, which was due in part to her poor command of English. The fact that he was a foreigner might also have helped win her sympathy. He played for them the role of a friendly uncle who was once in the same situation. Maybe he was visiting the store where Iwona worked or he found her at the bus stop.
Iwona’s disappearance was also associated with another killer
Despite the passing of the years, the police have not been able to find any new leads in the Kamińska case, which may support the hypothesis that the person who hurt her is no longer alive.
Investigators linked Kamińska’s disappearance to London serial killer Levi Bellfield, but there was no evidence to allow him to be charged with the murder. Bellfield is serving a life sentence for killing 13-year-old Milly Dowler and two other women.
(BBC, Daily Mail)
Iwona’s disappearance was also associated with another killer
He had solved the mysteries of the high-profile murders. Does she know what happened to Maddie?
Iwona went to visit her friend. She has not been alive for 16 years.
