Later, a months-long fact-finding investigation was conducted by a special court in Kuala Lumpur. This led to absurd facts. For example, the cleaning lady was able to clean the apartment on behalf of the Americans before the technical investigation came to investigate the traces. And the police failed to determine the time of death by taking the young woman’s temperature.
The Malaysian pathologist testified that Ivana had died from the consequences of her fall, while the Dutch pathologist Frank van de Goot determined after examination that Ivana must have died in the apartment. The Americans were imprisoned for some time for drug use, but that charge was later dropped and they were released.
Three years ago, a judge ruled that Ivana’s death must have been caused by ‘third parties’. Subsequently, the Malaysian police opened a murder investigation, again led by Faizal, the inspector who pointed to an accident from day one.