Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Elder of ZiyonPolice revealed on Tuesday that the Israeli-American teen Dana Bennett was murdered by a serial killer.YNet adds that he apparently tried to kill his sister and that he had no motive for the killings.
Adwan Yahiya Farhan, 34, of the northern Arab village Wadi Hamam, has confessed to Bennett's killing, as well as three others.
The first murder attributed to Farhan took place in 1995. He allegedly murdered an acquaintance near the Jordan estuary, possibly following a homosexual relationship with him.
Farhan also confessed to having murdered his cellmate while being under arrest at Valleys Police, also in 1995. Up until now, police believed the victim committed suicide in his cell.
Farhan was imprisoned for the first time in 1999 and served four years after being convicted of sexual offenses.
His sentence commuted, he was released in 2002. In July 2003, he brutally murdered a 20-year-old Czech tourist in the northern Tzalmon River. Less than a month later, he kidnapped and murdered Dana Bennet.
In January 2004 he was sentenced for 20 months on charges of illegal possession of arms.
In September 2005, a month after his release, he was jailed again for three and a half years after being convicted of armed robbery and fraud.
In December 2008, while in prison, he was charged of rape.
A terror group, the "Freedom for Galilee Brigades," had claimed responsibility for Bennet's kidnapping (calling the waitress a "soldier") and pretended that they were holding her. They have a history of claiming terror attacks that never occurred.
