8 more days’ custody for Cyprus’ confessed serial killer

A Cypriot army captain who confessed to killing seven foreign women and girls will remain in police custody for another eight days, a court ruled on Tuesday, as investigators continue to build their case against the man who is believed to be the east Mediterranean island nation's first serial killer.

A Nicosia district court judge said a police request to extend the 35 year-old suspect's detention was justified because of the work that investigators need to complete.
Police investigator Yiannis Georgadjis told the court that the suspect led police last week to an area outside the capital where additional, unspecified evidence relating to the case was located.

Investigators are also examining the three vehicles the suspect is believed to have used in committing the killings.

The army officer, whom police haven't identified, confessed in a handwritten note...