Case of Drąsius Kedys, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Lithuanian person accused of a double murder
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Place of Birth: Kaunas, Kaunas County
About Case of Drąsius Kedys
- The case of Drasius Kedys is a high-profile criminal case in Lithuania centering on allegations of sexual molestation of the then four-year-old Lithuanian girl and a double homicide.
- In November 2008, Drasius Kedys accused Laimute Stankunaite of allowing Jonas Furmanavicius and Andrius Usas to sexually molest their underage daughter.
- Frustrated by lack of progress in the investigation, Kedys took the case public.
- He published a video with his daughter's testimony, sent out DVDs to politicians, and appeared in the media.
- Still no case was brought before trial.
- In October 2009, Jonas Furmanavicius, a district judge and accused pedophile, and Violeta Naruševiciene, aunt of his daughter and accused procurer, were found dead and Kedys became the main murder suspect.
- While Kedys went into hiding, Lithuanian public sided with him portraying Kedys as a desperate father trying to protect his daughter against pedophiles.
- His body was found in April 2010 near Kaunas Reservoir.
- His death was ruled an accident – choking on vomit after heavy drinking.
- The main suspect in the pedophilia case, Andrius Usas, was found drowned in a lake after a motorcycle accident in June 2010.
- Posthumous trial of Usas found him innocent.
- A separate court ruling restored girl's custody to Stankunaite.
- Lithuanian public disagreed with the ruling and began a vigil at the house of Kedys' relatives in Garliava where the girl lived at the time.
- Officials were able to take custody of the girl only with the help of riot police in May 2012.
- The Way of Courage, a political party founded by Kedys' sister and supporters, participated in the 2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election and received almost 8% of the votes.
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