meeting the love of their life eloping and getting married is something that most teenage girls dream of Caroline Crouch was no different a young girl in high school only 15 years old was flattered by a financially well-off 27-year-old pilot who flew his helicopter over her school winning her heart the two eloped and got married but what seemed like the perfect fairy tale Love Story would soon turn into a murder that fooled the world on Tuesday May 11th 2021 at 4:30 a. m. a man named haral lomus copoulos also known as babus was horrifically awakened from bed at the time of the incident he had rented a two-story masonet in the suburbs of glia an area located on the outskirts of Athens Greece Babas didn't have much time to retaliate as three men concealing their identity with hoods scuffled and overpowered him they were armed with p pistols and wasted no time in tying up abis and afterwards went on to blindfold him with duct tape he couldn't do much as The Intruders then went after his wife a 19-year-old girl named Caroline cruncha this entire incident woke up their 11-month-old daughter who was sleeping nearby The Intruders with Greek and Albanian accents repeatedly asked where the money was Caroline didn't know that what appeared to be a robbery would turn into her own murder Caroline Crouch was born to the retired engine engineer David Crouch and Susan De La Costa on July 12th 2001 in Athens when she was just 8 years old the family relocated to the island of alanos the place where she had grown up they moved because both David and Susan had fallen in love with the coastal surroundings from a very young age Caroline embraced her Beachside life she was passionate about both scuba diving and swimming she had met her future husband babus during a good Friday parade in 2017 at the time babus was a commercial helicopter pilot and Caroline was only 15 years of age 3 years later both of them got married in Portugal on July 15th 2019 a few days prior to her murder babus and Caroline had purchased a plot of land both babus and Caroline had plans to build their dreamhouse on the land for themselves and their infant daughter to facilitate purchasing the land Caroline had gotten €50,000 as a gift from her parents as for the construction costs the couple had around € 10,000 EUR hidden away in their house the public in Greece at the time didn't rely much on banks as they were at continuous risk of facing bankruptcy in light of such circumstances it was common for the general public to have cash stashed away in their house as it was deemed a safeer option Caroline probably had a similar perspective for storing cash and by no means would have anticipated what would happen on May 11th a cry for help both Babas and Caroline alongside their daughter were tormented with fear as The Intruders asked about the end in an attempt to end the abyss that had befallen them babus told them exactly where the money was hidden a location that's deemed rather unconventional The Intruders opened the Monopoly board game box and took all the money babis and Caroline had stashed away for their dreamhouse but they didn't leave each one of them kept roaming from room to room as they snatched jewelry and other items of considerable monetary worth the looters wanted more but babis and Caroline had given up all they had and in a desperation and fear begged for their lives and that of their daughter babis could hear the screams of his wife as The Intruders held a firearm against the 11-month-old infant although blindfolded he fought continuously against the restraints however the Rope around his neck was tightened to the extent that he kept fainting In and Out Of Consciousness he eventually fainted and then regained his senses after a while once conscious he discovered that the men had left the house at the moment the only thing he could hear were the painful cries of his infant daughter in about 30 minutes or so babis was able to get close to his mobile phone and dial emergency services using his nose as soon as the call connected babis cried out for help asking emergency services to send an ambulance and give them his location given that he had duct tape around his mouth the entire call was filled with muffled words the operator on the other end asked babis to explain what happened but robbers came in was all he could say an hour and a half had gone by since The Intruders had broken into babis and Caroline's residence First Responders arrived at the scene around 6:00 a.
m. as they raced up the front steps to enter the house what they saw can only be defined as horrific inside the living space and kitchen had been completely destroyed the drawers were open and empty with clothing other belongings scattered across the entire space among them was an open Monopoly box the same box in which babis and Caroline had hidden the money First Responders also found a security cam on the living room couch it appeared as if it had been ripped off the walls while the camera was lying on the couch its memory card was missing from the staircase hung the corpse of a white and brown husky puppy who had been strangled with her own leash babis was found on the floor of the main bedroom his eyes and mouth were covered in duct tape that reached his neck and restraints kept his hands and feet behind his back on the bed lying fa down was Caroline Crouch their infant daughter was beside her crying and clapping as she pushed her mother in an attempt to wake her up Caroline is declared dead their daughter while in evident distress appeared to be unharmed First Responders however were quick to observe Caroline's pale skin and determined that she was Mur murdered Babas went into visible shock when he was freed from his restraints and saw the corpse of his wife the woman he'd been in love with for the past 5 years the officers were quick to ensure the safety of the infant and began to interrogate babis based on his side of the story in the state of the crime scene the presence of four men was determined police officers concluded that three men had entered the house while the fourth kept watch they interpreted the entire sequence of events up to the murder and Escape as follows one Intruders approached the house through a dirt road that led to its rear entrance two they failed to break in through the rear door and then removed security pins off a basement window to enter the house three after entering the masonet they murdered Roxy the family 7-month-old husky the murder weapon her own leash four the three men then entered the main bedroom where babis and Caroline were asleep five then they damaged the house and took the money out of the Monopoly box six before leaving they murdered Caroline by smothering her with a pillow seven since babis was drifting in and out of Consciousness The Intruders may have assumed he died and left believing that they had left no Witnesses behind as far as Caroline's death is concerned it was revealed that it was not an instant experience the 20-year-old female suffered an attack that lasted for around 6 minutes bruises across her body showed signs of retaliation and those on her lips and tongue hinted at the possibility of sharp objects being used no signs of sexual assault were found investigation and speculation although the Damage Done to the couple's house was immense no concrete evidence was left behind by The Intruders the only thing that emergency First Responders found in the house was the hood of one of The Intruders based on how babis had described the event it was concluded that the hood must have fallen while babis was retaliating this may have been a small piece of evidence for a case of such magnitude but the hood falling off was enough for babis to get a glimpse of the culprit a sketch depicting an overweight dark skinned tall individual was created based on the details babis shared despite being disoriented babis was able to identify two firearms that were used as well according to him The Intruders had a black pistol and a silver Colt details of the investigation revealed that Intruders were able to escape with €10,000 in cash and jewelry worth €20,000 in addition police concluded that this was an act of professional criminals who had observed the family and waited for the right moment to strike furthermore a police spokesperson had stated it was brutal and violent and went on to categorize it as an act of someone with a lack of emotions and a strong antisocial personality numerous speculations soon followed as details of the investig ation provided more and more insight into the murder a key trail of thought in everyone's mind was that if money was the motive why was murder necessary some other speculations put forth the claims such as The Intruders were high on drugs and could not control their actions or maybe Caroline saw or knew them Caroline resisted and fought back given that she was a black belt kickboxer and Intruders had to silence her to keep her under control alarms being raised as Caroline made have started to scream when her 11-month-old daughter had a gun against her Temple while all of this was mere speculation the investigators were certain about one thing the attack was premeditated the reason for such an assumption was that The Intruders knew the couple had money hidden in the house based on this assumption the police questioned Babas in Caroline's Inner Circle they believed that the gang had been given a tip alongside these interrogations security cam footage from homes and businesses in close proximity was also examined in the footage the police identified a dark colored vehicle followed by a motorcycle that was cruising around the couple's house on the morning of the murder Caroline Crouch is laid to rest Caroline Crouch was laid to rest 3 days after the murder her burial site was the Greek island of alanos the same place her parents had fallen in love with and the same place where she grew up babis paid tribute to his wife and said he was lucky that he had met Caroline very lucky that she loved him and even more lucky that she was the mother of his daughter he went on to say that their daughter would grow up not remembering her mother babus added that Caroline was the joy of life and will always be near him through their daughter while Caroline was being laid to rest a car was pulled over in Northeast Greece as a routine stop inside was a 36-year-old Georgian National male Georgie heredes villy on route to the Bulgarian border he had handed over his passport but it was soon identified as a fake who was this man and how is this related to Caroline's murder this man was soon identified as Georgie haraj jish Vil a violent Criminal Who had multiple prior convictions he was wanted for 12 break-ins that were committed all over Athens over the past 6 months what painted him as the likely culprit was the fact that three of these crimes were committed around Babas and Caroline's neighborhood one of the three was in December when haris villy and three others broke into a house through a rear window similar to what happened with babis and Caroline they then continued to drag the female occupant by the hair and threatened to Slit her throat during that robbery the group had stolen 10,000 cash and jewelry their next hit was on March 7th just two months before babis and Caroline made it to their Hit List during this robbery they tied up four others and an older couple along with their cleaning lady the loot cash and other items of significant monetary worth if patterns aren't enough to paint him as the culprit for the murder then guess what he had remarkable similarities with the sketch that was made using babis's description of the Intruder the evidence racked up against tus disali included a history of violent break-ins an attempt to flee the country and resemblance to the sketch given all of this the police were confident that they had found their man hared zish was arrested and inter ated for 4 days during which physical means of getting answers were also used he was repeatedly questioned about getting to the location entering the house and killing Caroline the physical means used to get answers left him concussed however he kept his stance and stated that he'd never heard of Caroline Crouch the evidence police had against him had come up dry harod isi wasn't their man after all and was cleared of any involvement in the murder as a consequence three police officers were demoted from the Athens homicide Squad continuing the investigation the police set their sights on a local Albanian organized crime group initially they had a list of 100 people that was later narrowed down to 10 these 10 were individuals who were on a list of criminals known as the Red List mug shots of each one were shown to bavis but the police didn't reveal any other details the case was taking longer than usual to solve and the public was beginning to lose p patience given that crimes based on race had increased the information on Caroline's case were so scarce that even a huge monetary reward went unclaimed residents of Athens by now were living in fear not knowing who would be the next victim media reports from the time cited experts saying that this was not an ordinary case and if it was it would have been solved some investigation details that were revealed stated that there was no DNA or fingerprints Caroline's family were obviously grateful for the continued pursuit of Justice babis told journalists that he wishes that what was happening to him would never happen to anyone else he backed police efforts and continued to front the media all to keep Caroline's case alive babis was even active on social media answering questions and expressing gratitude for continued support a breakthrough came on June 17th 37 days after Caroline was brutally murdered a small memorial service was being held for her on anasis those who had come to mourn noticed the detective at the ceremony the investigators waited until the event had concluded and then began to approach babis discreetly asking to be escorted to Athens the detectives at the time had new information about the case and urged babis to come and identify the man babis not knowing what lay ahead agreed by this time the investigators had followed up on quite a lot of leads and analyzed ized some key details the night on which Caroline was killed these details didn't add up babis had told the police that The Intruders broke in from the basement window but that window was very small and with the physique of the supposed killer babis had described it was not possible for that to have been the point of entry Babas had also claimed that the house had been Trashed by The Intruders however the neighbors told the police that they didn't hear anything of the sort and the sounds that night were of a couple's puppy crying in dist dress no house being trashed no calls for help no crying infant the house didn't have any fingerprints or DNA to top it all the question of why The Intruders would tie up a male and fight a female was raised babis had also claimed that The Intruders must have taken out the memory card for the living room security camera but data from the camera revealed that the card was removed at 1:20 a. m.
a few hours before the criminals had supposedly entered the house further details were that Caroline was wearing a smartwatch that monitored her pulse her pulse readings from 3:58 a. m. indicated she was asleep but the ones at 4:05 a.
m. were up by 50% indicating severe physical and mental stress in the readings at 4:11 a. m.
