{"id":64551,"date":"2026-02-09T11:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/triple-murder-mystery-likened-to-tv-show-twin-peaks-by-prosecutor-after-3-suspects-found-dead-in-bulgaria\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:48:20","slug":"triple-murder-mystery-likened-to-tv-show-twin-peaks-by-prosecutor-after-3-suspects-found-dead-in-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/triple-murder-mystery-likened-to-tv-show-twin-peaks-by-prosecutor-after-3-suspects-found-dead-in-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple murder mystery likened to TV show &#8220;Twin Peaks&#8221; by prosecutor after 3 suspects found dead in Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Bulgarian authorities said Sunday they found the bodies of three suspects wanted over a triple murder linked to an allegedly shady NGO which one prosecutor said was like something out of the iconic TV series <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/twin-peaks-revival-coming-to-showtime\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Twin Peaks.&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The three &#8212; two men and a 15-year-old boy &#8212; were found Sunday, dead from gunshots, in a camping van close to Mount Okolchitsa, a peak in western part of the Balkan Mountains, national police chief Zahari Vaskov told a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>Their bodies were discovered some 50 miles from a burnt-out mountain lodge where the triple murder was discovered a week ago, on February 2.\u00a0 The emergency call came from a shepherd who\u00a0 noticed a person apparently lifeless at the wheel, the Sofia News Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novinite.com\/articles\/236874\/Bulgaria%27s+Petrohan+Case%3A+The+Missing+Ivaylo+Kalushev+and+Two+Others+Found+Dead+in+Forest+Near+Vratsa+%28DEVELOPING%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The three men murdered in the lodge &#8212; also by gunshot &#8212; all belonged to an NGO called the National Protected Areas Control Agency (NAKZT).<\/p>\n<p>Vaskov said the triple murder, and the three bodies found on Sunday in the caravan &#8212; which also belonged to NAKZT &#8212; amounted to &#8220;an unprecedented crime, at least for Bulgaria.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether this is a murder, a suicide &#8211; we are pursuing all possible scenarios,&#8221; he said, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bta.bg\/en\/news\/bulgaria\/1059847-bodies-of-three-more-men-missing-in-triple-murder-case-found-in-hard-to-reach-mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bulgarian News Agency<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>He said the gunshots appeared to have taken place inside the van, and investigators were looking into &#8220;all possible hypotheses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NAKZT presents itself as a mountain rangers operation which also hosts holiday camps for youngsters.<\/p>\n<p>But two years ago it was accused in a criminal complaint of alleged &#8220;sexual abuse of children&#8221; and turned out to possess a &#8220;paramilitary&#8221; apparatus, the interim head of Bulgaria&#8217;s State Agency for National Security, Denyo Denev, said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria&#8217;s acting prosecutor general, Borislav Sarafov, on Wednesday told a news conference that NAKZT was believed to engage in activities not &#8220;in conformity with God&#8217;s will, or the interests of society, the country and of children&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He evoked a similarity in the case with &#8220;Twin Peaks&#8221;, the American TV show about an FBI agent making bizarre and horrific discoveries in a fictional town as he investigates a murder. 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