The investigators in Durrës are sifting through all the elements of the murder by Pëllumb Meta’s children in Shënavlash, to discover the motives of the murder.
News24 learned from confidential sources that one strong track is that of property conflicts over the land, where the key figure is Pellumbi’s eldest son, Hyseni.
The pigeon had about 12 dynams of land. During the checks in the apartment, the police did not find these documents, which were held by the eldest son, who had promised his sister that he would get him out of prison with the land money.
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Pëllumb Meta, originally from the village of Shemëri i Kruja, was born in Shënavlash of Durrës on June 8, 1974, where his parents Hamid and Fatima had moved from Kruja a long time ago.
Between the life of emigration and Albania, Pëllumbi, after the death of his mother, decided to finally return to Albania, where he became the father of 4 children, 2 girls and 2 boys. Pëllumbi’s family members claim that since their mother’s death, they have not had any communication with his wife, Blerina, who had also distanced the children from Pëllumbi’s family members, with whom they had not spoken for years.
Beyond this fact, Pëllumbi began to devote himself to his family in his hometown after returning from Italy. He started working as a guard in Shënavlash at the car market, a job he did until the last day of his life for about 23 years, until February 10, 2024.
February 10, 2024 was also the end of Pëllumb Meta’s life, which was executed by his family members. A serious crime which shocked public opinion even more as 4 family members, 3 children and the mother joined together to eliminate the head of their family and buried him in the cattle shed.
According to the investigators, the whole plan of this horror crime was pre-planned down to the last detail. But how was the truth discovered and how did the police begin investigations until this monstrous crime was revealed?
The head of the section for the investigation of crimes against the person at the Durrës Police, Ruzhdi Domi, who investigated the case from the time the report arrived at the police until the incident was revealed, explains how the police found the truth.
According to the investigative team, the children had carried out the entire plan to hide the crime in detail, from the removal of the deceased’s car, the burial and the hiding of the weapon, which, according to the police, was allegedly owned by the victim’s son, Hyseni. What impressed the police the most in this crime was the calmness of the children and Pëllumbi’s wife after the incident.
According to the investigative team, the children and their mother have given contradictory statements about the authorship of the crime, but based on the investigations so far, the police declare that the author of the shooting is Pëllumbi’s eldest son, Hyseni, who collaborated with Hygerta’s sister. Investigators have conducted tests at the gun range to test whether Hygerta knows how to use a gun.
The investigation group is investigating all the family members as participants in the crime, even though Pëllumbi’s wife was prosecuted in a free state. Pëllumbi’s brother, Ramadan, accuses his brother’s wife.
From the legal point of view, the police clarified the event where we have 3 family members arrested and one under investigation, but what was the real motive of this event so serious that it made all the children kill their father together. The investigative group is investigating the motive of the incident, although they express reservations due to investigative secrecy. The track of Hygerta’s engagement that Pëllumbi wanted to betroth her unwillingly and domestic violence or incest have been ruled out by the investigators. Hygerta also underwent gynecological tests, where it was confirmed that we are not dealing with sexual abuse.
News24 learns from confidential sources that a strong track is that of property conflicts for the land, where the key figure is Pellumbi’s eldest son, Hyseni. Pöllumbi owned about 12 dynym of land, which he also had with regular documents. Also, Neës24 learns that during the checks in the apartment, the police did not find these documents, and even no money was found in the house of the deceased.
News24 learns that Hyseni always carried these land documents with him, wherever he went. The investigation group also has this information. The investigators are continuing the search and these documents have not yet been found, and it is even suspected of external collaborators who may have helped the son of the deceased.
News24 went to the properties of Pëllumb Meta, who had land in two plots, one in front of the apartment, while the other about 2 km away in an industrial area, land which was also put up for sale. According to the brother of the deceased, a meter of land costs up to 50 euros, where in total Pëllumbi’s lands were worth up to 500 thousand euros.
So, a strange inscription was noticed by the investigators on the wall of the hut where the children buried their father. “Eni millionaire, 1 million dollars” is written on the wall. Pigeon’s eldest son Hysen was called Eni for short.
In their testimonies, the children state that family conflicts have been continuous in the family with the father, the last conflict was Hysen’s with the deceased, where Hysen asked his father to buy him a car, even though he was unemployed and had just returned from Italy.
Hyseni had previously been an immigrant in England where he had also stayed in a camp, in one of the camps where many Albanian immigrants lost their lives and were mistreated. In England, it is not known what work Hyseni did, but then he went to Italy, where he did not work there either, and then he returned to Albania. 12 days after the return, the crime happened, where the children killed their father. The investigators have seized all the mobile phones of the deceased’s children and there are suspicions that the crime was planned by the children, namely Hygerta and Hyseni, and the latter returned to Albania to carry out the plan.
But why did the children have so much hatred towards their father along with their mother and joined in this crime? Confidential sources told News24 that the investigators are also investigating a suspected extramarital affair of the victim for years, where it is suspected that Pëllumbi’s wife and children were aware and this cause may have led to ongoing family conflicts and that it was the wife who may have raised the children with such a hatred of their father that they all conspired to kill him.
Reliable sources told News24 that there is evidence where Hyseni tells his sister to take over the crime because the latter will sell the land and get him out of prison. Likewise, older sister Bedra, who was engaged and was allowed by her uncle to attend her father’s funeral, left her husband and went to her mother Blerina, who is staying with her parents.
During the making of this documentary, we also contacted Blerina’s father, Mr. Baftjar Togu, to get Blerina’s and the older daughter’s version of the event, but Blerina’s father said that his daughter no longer wants to speak to the media. Pëllumbi’s brother, shocked by the event, wants to know the real cause of the event and appeals to justice to see the case to the end.
The facts and information that were given in this documentary were based on information that is in the in-depth investigation file, but it is the authorities who say the last word. The investigative group says that they are on the way to find out the motive of the event.
