Ivan's parents heard their son was found dead in a barrel from neighbors: Another of their children was killed

The hamlet of Zbeziste near Leskovac was shocked with grief over Ivan Stojanovic (40), whose body was found in the basement of his family home yesterday. His parents Ruza and Jovan found out about their son's death from their neighbors, and are now impatiently waiting to learn whether he was murdered and who did it.

The story of the crime started to get revealed yesterday, on the day of the funeral of Ivan's wife, Biljana.

"We didn't want to tell them what happened until the autopsy was completed and before we knew for sure how Ivan passed away. The father-in-law and the mother-in-law learned from the neighbors that Ivan was killed, and then they heard the same thing in the news. We could no longer hide this from them. My husband went to Zbeziste and took them to Vucje to see a doctor. They are not doing well at all," said Danijela Stojanovic, the sister-in-law of the late Ivan.

She explained that her husband took his parents to the doctor to get something to calm them down because they were shaken after learning how Ivan ended up.

To make matters worse, Ivan is the second son Ruza and Jovan have lost.

"Apart from Nenad, the eldest son, they also had Slavisa, who tragically lost his life in his early childhood. They all lived in Zbeziste when, during play, a boy killed Slavisa, who was five years old at the time, with a hunting rifle. Ivan was born after his death," says neighbor Ljiljana Miletic.

(Telegraf.rs)