Investigation into two Kumanovo medical examiners in the Trajko Bojkovski case nears end
The case against two doctors who recorded “natural death” in several killings has been moved to Skopje and prosecutors say a decision will follow after a final document check.
The criminal probe into two medical examiners from Kumanovo who recorded “natural death” for several victims of 25‑year‑old Trajko Bojkovski of Staro Nagorichane is nearing completion in Skopje, the Public Prosecution has said.
Prosecutors and investigators say that if the two doctors had classified the first case as a violent death, Bojkovski might have been detected, arrested and sentenced earlier — possibly preventing five subsequent attacks.
The file was transferred from the Kumanovo prosecution to the Public Prosecutor's Office in Skopje because the Kumanovo office is handling other investigations or prosecutions in which the same two doctors acted previously.
Prosecutors request additional documents
Police lodged criminal charges against the two medics on 13 May 2026. Officers who visited the scenes were not held responsible because they relied on the doctors' findings that there was no sign of violent death, prosecutors said.
"The investigation against the two indicted doctors is nearing its end. Several additional documents have been requested regarding their responses to death reports, after which a prosecutorial decision will follow from the Public Prosecutor's Office in Skopje," the prosecution said.
Trajko Bojkovski, a 25‑year‑old shepherd from Staro Nagorichane, was in October sentenced in the Basic Court Kumanovo to life imprisonment for the brutal murders of four women and for two other attempted murders of elderly, isolated and helpless women in the Kumanovo area. According to the Kumanovo prosecution and court, the strongest motive was necrophilia.
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