High school student Münevver Karabulut was murdered by Cem Garipoğlu on 3 March 2009. The news of the murder attracted the attention of the people and brought about many responses by the public. The suspect Cem Garipoğlu was arrested 197 days after the murder. The trial ended on 18 November 2011 with the conviction of Garipoğlu. On 10 October 2014, Garipoğlu committed suicide by hanging himself in the L Type Closed Prison No. 5 in Silivri, where he was serving his sentence. Life Münevver Karabulut was born in Istanbul on 7 March 1991 as the first child of a family from Bolu Mengen. Her father Süreyya Karabulut was a cook, and her mother Nagihan Karabulut was a housewife. Karabulut, who was a senior at Beşiktaş Bingül Erdem High School, was also attending university preparatory classes. She met Cem Garipoğlu during these classes and their friendship began there. Murder On the evening of 3 March 2009, Münevver Karabulut's lifeless body was found torn by a garbage collector in a garbage container. As a result of forensic examination, it was determined that the head was injured by knife strokes, which resulted in the victim's death, and then the head was cut off from the body. Investigation process The main suspect, Cem Garipoğlu, was a fugitive for about six months and the inability of the authorities in arresting him gave rise to criticism from members of the public. Protests took place in many places in Istanbul to ask the authorities to arrest the suspect as soon as possible. A special team was established by the Istanbul Police Department to arrest the suspect. Outside Turkey, Interpol issued a red notice to seek the arrest of Garipoğlu. The minister of the interior at the time, Beşir Atalay, ordered the Istanbul Police to arrest the suspect. After Celalettin Cerrah's controversial remarks that the incident wouldn't have happened "If [the parents] took care of their daughter", he was replaced as the Istanbul Police Chief by Hüseyin Çapkın who promised that the suspect was to be found very soon. As the investigation into the murder continued, the autopsy report prepared by the Forensic Medicine Institute turned out to be inaccurate. During the autopsy, it was found out that DNA samples of other bodies were mixed with that of the victim and a second autopsy report was prepared. Meanwhile, rumors that the suspect had escaped Turkey were denied by