Murder in Budapest: Suspect caught just 9 hours later – UPDATE: Identity of victim revealed

Police apprehended an 18-year-old man less than nine hours after he allegedly murdered the 51-year-old mother of his ex-girlfriend in Budapest’s 2nd district, as reported by the police through an official statement.

According to initial reports, on 2 November 2024, at around 6:50 PM, the young man attacked his former girlfriend’s mother. Emergency responders arrived promptly and attempted to resuscitate the middle-aged woman; however, their efforts were unsuccessful, and she tragically succumbed to her injuries. The attacker fled the scene immediately afterwards, police.hu reports.

Detectives from the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) quickly identified the suspect, Tamás Sz., and launched a manhunt. Based on the gathered information, law enforcement issued a warrant, and just before 4 AM on 3 November, officers from the Kistelek Police Department located and apprehended Tamás Sz. at the Kistelek bus station.

He was subsequently taken to the Budapest Police Headquarters, where the Life Protection Division (Életvédelmi Osztály) is leading the investigation on suspicion of murder. Authorities are currently processing the suspect.

UPDATE: Identity of the victim revealed

RTL’s former head of communications, the well-known television expert Zsuzsa Révész, was the one killed yesterday, in the attack reported by Daily News Hungary this morning.

“RTL Hungary was saddened to learn of the death of our former colleague Zsuzsa Révész, who managed the company’s marketing communications activities for many years. We share the family’s grief. We will cherish her memory,” the company said on its Facebook page.

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