Rojin Kabaiş laid to rest

It has emerged that the lifeless body of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University student Rojin Kabaiş, discovered on the shores of Lake Van, was found by an individual who had gone to visit a gardener friend.

LIFELESS BODY FOUND

Rojin Kabaiş (21), a first-year student in the Preschool Teaching department at the Van YYÜ Faculty of Education, had arrived in Van from Diyarbakır after enrolling at the university and moved into her dormitory on September 25. On September 27, after eating at the dormitory, she was seen on security camera footage leaving to head toward the shores of Lake Van, wearing sweatpants and looking at her phone as she passed through the turnstile. The tragic news came 18 days after she went missing. It was revealed that her body was found today by Mehmet Emin Ankay, who had gone to visit his gardener friend in the Mallakasım neighborhood, after her headscarf had been discovered on the shore of Lake Van on the 13th day of the search.

Ankay stated that around 14:10, while his gardener friend was watering the garden, he noticed a dark shape on the shore of Lake Van. He said he approached out of curiosity, realized it was a body, and notified the gendarmerie. Ankay noted that the gendarmerie teams determined the body belonged to the missing Rojin following their investigation.

TAKEN TO THE FORENSIC MEDICINE INSTITUTE FOR AUTOPSY

The body of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University student Rojin Kabaiş, found on the shore of Lake Van, was taken to the Forensic Medicine Institute for an autopsy.

Following the autopsy procedures at the Van Forensic Medicine Institute, Kabaiş's body was sent to her hometown of Diyarbakır.

Kabaiş's funeral was held at the Yeniköy Cemetery in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır.

News Source: İHA