1992. Poison gas had been used to incapacitate the dog. Jaroszewicz's body, found in his upstairs study, had the belt that had been used to strangle him intact secured by an antique ice axe from his collection. The attackers had also beaten him, yet had bandaged the wounds. Solska's body was next to her husband's. Her hands had been tied behind her back, and she had been shot in the head at close range with one of the couple's hunting rifles. Investigators believe that she had earlier managed to injure one of the killers during a struggle with him or her, since blood from her and an unknown individual were found in another room in the house. The killers appeared to have searched every room in the house. It was initially reported that they only took what were presumed to have been documents from one safe and left behind valuable old coins and art were left behind, suggesting the thieves were not motivated by financial gain. However police records show the thieves actually stole two guns, 5 thousand. German marks, five gold coins and a ladies' watch. Friends and family said that Jaroszewicz had been even more paranoid than usual in the days before the murders, which were determined to have occurred on 1 September, two days before the bodies were discovered. The killings received significant media attention in Poland, due both to Jaroszewicz's past leadership and the brutality of the crime. Unproven theories circulated that the killers had been looking for information with which to blackmail Solidarity leaders or victims of the Communist regime looking for revenge or evidence of past crimes. However, in 2017 Warsaw police revealed the burglary had been committed by the 'Karate Gang' of Radom, a group of violent criminals active through the 1990s. They had broken into Jaroszewicz's home expecting to find significant sums of money and tortured him in an effort to find it. When Jaroszewicz broke free the gang murdered both him and his wife, then hurriedly left. Several Karate gang members went on trial for this and other crimes in 2021. They denied any political motivation for the burglary. See also List of prime ministers of Poland List of unsolved murders References External links 1909 births 1992 deaths Deputy Prime Ministers of Poland Male murder victims Members of the Polish Sejm 1947–1952 Members of the Polish Sejm 1952–1956 Members of the