Prosecutors send case against Mikutavičius over two alleged murders to court
Tuesday 13th October 2026 on 11:15 in
Lithuania
Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office has completed its investigation into the deaths of two young women and sent the case against 30-year-old Benas Mikutavičius to Kaunas Regional Court, LRT reported on Tuesday.
Chief prosecutor Rimas Bradūnas said the investigation had involved many procedural steps. Prosecutor Darius Jakutis said one of the women had been killed with extreme cruelty, an offence that can carry a life sentence.
Bradūnas said Mikutavičius partially admits guilt. His statements about the second killing are fragmentary, prosecutors said, and he had not communicated with that victim before her death. Prosecutors said there had been a prolonged conflict between Mikutavičius and the first victim.
Jakutis said investigators had established what weapon was used and traced its purchase. It was a tourist knife, described in the seller’s catalogue as tactical, but it had been bought well before the killings and prosecutors did not directly link it to preparations for the crimes.
Prosecutors found no evidence that anyone helped Mikutavičius evade capture. He spent the first night in Kleboniškis forest, took extra clothes and food, and discarded a phone in a rubbish bin while keeping another. He was arrested the following night in Kalniečių Park after local residents spotted him and prevented him from escaping.
The bodies of the women, born in 2003 and 2001, were found in Kaunas on December 4 last year. The first was found on V. Krėvės Avenue with a cut wound. Relatives reported that they could not reach the second woman, who worked as a real estate broker, and her body was found later that evening. Investigators concluded that the same person may have killed both women.
Mikutavičius was arrested after changing his appearance while in hiding. A psychiatric assessment found that he understood his actions and could stand trial. He has been in custody since December 7 and is charged with murder and murder by torture or other exceptionally cruel means.