Aleksandra Walczak, a journalist working for Nowości in Toruń, went missing in 2004. What happened to the "special task" woman whose activities contributed to the detention of many dangerous criminals?
Aleksandra Walczak, 51, lived in Mały Rudnik near Toruń. She disappeared under mysterious circumstances on Friday, March 12, 2004. That day, she was returning from vacation in Szczyrk, where she was staying with her son and his friend. While skiing, she behaved normally - she made plans for the future: she wanted to publish a new book, move to Toruń and… leave her husband. Just before leaving, she found the courage and filed for divorce. She left for Szczyrk because she was afraid of her husband's reaction.
All three left the resort at 5:45 pm. Aleksandra was driving in one car, while her son and his friend were in another.
"My mother set off on the way back in her own car a little earlier than me. I caught up with her somewhere near Siewierz and, according to our earlier agreement, I called the cell and asked if we were stopping for a meal. My mother said that she was not hungry, so I overtook her. car, blinked my headlights, pulled forward, and saw her so much ... "
Aleksandra contacted her son for the last time around 23:28 when he was already at his home in Papowo Toruński. The woman called him and said that he was just passing this place and headed home. The next day, Daniel tried to contact his mother throughout Sunday, but to no avail. Already at about 4 p.m., he heard the following message in the receiver: "subscriber temporarily unavailable". On Monday, Aleksandra did not show up for work, so she was reported missing to the police.
"On Monday I went to Grudziądz where I found my stepfather. He claimed that he had not seen his wife for two weeks, that is from the moment she left for Szczyrk."
Only on Wednesday, March 17, 2004, in the parking lot in front of the main station in Toruń, the missing car was found - it was a black Skoda Fabia. Inside were luggage and personal belongings: gray Dynastar skis and Salomon ski boots. There was no mobile phone, documents, or keys. Witnesses said the vehicle arrived at the parking lot on the same day at noon, but no one knew how it got there. According to Mr. Daniel, the mother had only 150 zlotys on her, so if she needed cash, she would have to withdraw money from the account. However, no operation has been performed on her bank account to date.
The police ignored the disappearance of the journalist from Toruń. The area of Rudnik Mały was searched very briefly, and although there were many small lakes and ponds there, no attempts were made to determine the location of the missing cell phone (no other transmitter had detected it either, which may mean that it was within a relatively short range), and additionally - no recordings from municipal monitoring were secured. It was only established that Aleksandra Walczak arrived in the town where she lived, as evidenced by earth particles collected from the tread of the wheels.
Subsequent searches cost a lot of money, people, and equipment. Despite this, it has never been possible to establish what really happened to the missing woman.
There is a fingerprint on the missing car and a lock of hair inside it. However, it has not been established who they belonged to. The husband, son, and friend were excluded. A thick layer of dust of unknown origin was noticed on the hood of the car. A nightgown with traces of blood was found in Aleksandra Walczak's house, but the police decided that it was not related to her disappearance. The husband of the missing woman denied any connection with the disappearance of his wife. He also refused to be tested with a lie detector, explaining that he had problems with his health. The man did not take an active part in the search - he seemed withdrawn. At that time, he tried to regulate financial matters - he applied to the prosecutor's office for the right to decide about his wife's car, as well as to dispose of the joint property.
"I can't believe that she ran away and suddenly changed her life. She was too comfortable for that, so I gave her stabilization. But what happened? I don't know. I don't miss it, although if she showed up at the gate I'd be glad."
Aleksandra dealt professionally with criminal matters and there is a suspicion that her disappearance is connected with it. The journalist was for "special tasks": she reported, inter alia, the trial of the murderers of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko and the case of the "king of the coal mafia" - Edward S. She also contributed to the detention and arrest of members of the gang famous for terrorizing restaurateurs. She often published articles about the criminal nature of famous businessmen and politicians.
"Some of the people Aleksandra Walczak once wrote about are at large. So it cannot be ruled out that the journalist fell victim to revenge."
Several leads emerged in the course of the investigation, but not all of them were verified. One retired policeman, who did not reveal his personal details, suggested a contract murder. One of the family members of the woman was supposed to pay 50,000 zlotys for her "liquidation". According to the police officer, the contractor was an Armenian who lay down on the road near the town of Skoki and pretended to be wounded. Aleksandra was supposed to get out of the car and lean over it to help him. Then the man could hit her neck and then strangle her and throw her body into the swamp. The police were not interested in this track, because in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship there is no village called Skoki, only Skoki Duże.
One of the inhabitants of Gdańsk claimed that the journalist's body was located on the 37th kilometer of the road to Warsaw, while another witness pointed to the swamps between Józefków and Płużnica. In the meantime, the experts set about creating a psychological profile of the perpetrator, or rather two perpetrators, who were most likely between the ages of 25 and 55. Their operation was carefully planned, and the abandonment of the car at the station was intended to confuse the police by suggesting the woman's departure. The motive for the murder (if it happened) was either revenge or financial reasons.
The hypothesis about the escape and starting a new life was also taken into account, but the son of the missing woman does not agree with this, according to whom the mother was greatly changed by the birth of the long-awaited grandson.
"Always skeptical, she suddenly became more cheerful, she looked to the future with more optimism. She was due to retire in two years. So she planned, calmly, to work freelance, and write a book. And take care of her beloved granddaughter. Would she say all this, when thinking of quitting or committing suicide, as one of the police hypotheses implies? That's bullshit! "
The case of Aleksandra Walczak is still waiting to be resolved.
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