ZAGREB, CROATIA – Mladen Slogar aka Zila, suspected of murdering Ivana Hodak, was ordered a month of detention by judge Zdenko Posavec for two reasons: due to the danger that Zila might flee and due to the serious circumstances of the felony he had committed.

The Zagreb Attorney`s Office classified the brutal murder of 26-year-old law intern Ivana Hodak as first-degree murder out of ruthless retaliation. If he is convicted, Zila might face 40 years in prison. He is defending himself with silence.

Cornering a psychiatric evaluation of Mladen Slogar, Zagreb County Court spokesperson Kresimir Devcic said that the decision would be reached in the investigative process.

Mladen Slogar`s gory path

Slogar set out from the haystack on October 6, with the intention of buying shampoo in Petrinjska

He reached the bus terminal in Zapresic`s centre on foot, where he got on the Crnomerec quarter-bound bus. He then took the tram to Zagreb`s main square, Ban Jelacic Square.

This is when he noticed Ivana Hodak, walking towards Petrinjska Street, when he approached the Art Pavilion at the corner of Pavao Hatz Street. He knew Zvonimir Hodak`s daughter since she was four years old.  She used to play tennis with her dad at Mladost courts, which is where Slogar worked as the janitor.

He managed to catch up with Ivana at the entrance to the housing building, at number 2, and before she closed the door, he followed her inside. According to certain media information, he caught up with her between the ground floor and the first floor and after a brief argument, he retrieved a gun from his red duffle bag and fired two shots into young Ivana. Supposedly, he told the investigative judge that this is when he “blacked out”.

VIDEO/PHOTO: In The Lair Of Ivana Hodak`s Killer