1 3 , ▁the ▁High ▁Court ▁of ▁Cass ation ▁and ▁Justice ▁decided ▁that ▁C io ac ă ▁should ▁remain ▁in ▁cust ody ▁while ▁the ▁appe als ▁are ▁on going . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁pro sec ution , ▁the ▁mot ive ▁for ▁the ▁murder ▁was ▁je alous y ▁caused ▁by ▁an ▁extr amar ital ▁affair ▁that ▁El odia ▁had ; ▁her ▁disapp earance ▁occurred ▁right ▁after ▁she ▁returned ▁from ▁a ▁trip ▁to ▁Dub ai ▁with ▁her ▁alleg ed ▁lo ver , ▁a ▁former ▁SP P ▁officer , ▁who ▁test ified ▁in ▁court ▁to ▁their ▁relationship . ▁Her ▁husband , ▁Crist ian , ▁exam ined ▁her ▁e - mail s ▁to ▁search ▁for ▁evidence ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁che ating , ▁without ▁her ▁permission . ▁Crist ian ▁tried ▁to ▁hide ▁the ▁blood ▁st ains ▁from ▁their ▁a partment ▁by ▁painting ▁the ▁walls . ▁A ▁dirty ▁police ▁uniform , ▁pictures ▁with ▁El odia ▁and ▁her ▁son , ▁a ▁par f ume ▁bott le ▁and ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁blood - st ained ▁glo ves ▁were ▁found ▁on ▁ 8 ▁October , ▁somewhere ▁between ▁Po iana ▁Bras ov ▁and ▁R â ş nov . ▁She ▁was ▁officially ▁declared ▁missing ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁Although ▁El odia ' s ▁body ▁was ▁never ▁found , ▁the ▁pro sec ution ▁invoked ▁for ens ic ▁evidence , ▁including ▁blood ▁dro ple ts ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁couple ' s ▁a partment ▁and ▁on ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁objects ▁formerly ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁a partment , ▁later