According to KAN, police no longer attribute any involvement in Kassau\u2019s disappearance to the suspect, though the investigation into the Beersheba incident will remain under Lahav 433’s authority.<\/p>\n
Israel Police said on Sunday that a 63-year-old Beersheba resident suspected of sexually assaulting a minor is no longer considered a suspect in the disappearance of nine-year-old Haymanut Kasau<\/a> from Safed, while requesting that his detention be extended by another three days, in connection with the Beersheba incident.<\/p>\n At a hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate\u2019s Court in Rishon LeZion, Judge Menachem Mizrahi extended the suspect\u2019s detention by three days at the request of police, citing evidence supporting the suspicion of an indecent act and assault against a 12-year-old girl in Beersheba, as well as concerns over potential obstruction of the investigation.<\/p>\n At the same time, the court accepted the position that the suspect should be cleared of suspicion in Kasau\u2019s disappearance, nearly two years after she vanished, following a significant weakening of the evidentiary link between the two cases.<\/p>\n According to KAN, police no longer attribute any involvement in Kassau\u2019s disappearance to the suspect, though the investigation into the Beersheba incident will remain under the authority of the Lahav 433<\/a> major crimes unit.<\/p>\n