A charred body found inside a burned vehicle in Boeotia in central Greece has been transferred to the forensic laboratories for the collection of evidence, including DNA and fingerprint analysis, while police continue efforts to identify the victim.

According to public broadcaster ERT, the Homicide Division, which has taken over the investigation, is examining whether the case could be linked to the murder of 42-year-old businessman Giannis Lalas, which occurred last Saturday night in Eptalofos, Fokida.

Law enforcement agencies are exploring a possible connection based on chronological proximity and several similarities in the modus operandi of the perpetrators. In both cases, in Fokida and Boeotia, the vehicles were stolen from Attica, fitted with fake license plates, and set on fire to destroy evidence.

Photographic evidence shows the jeep, which had been stolen last May in Glyfada, an upscale southern suburb in Athens, completely destroyed. The charred remains were found in the back seat.

Police spokesperson Konstantia Dimoglidou described the incident as a “well-planned operation,” noting that the perpetrators “likely knew the area very well.”

The investigation is ongoing under the Homicide Division and the Organized Crime Directorate, with authorities also reviewing recent missing persons reports to determine the victim’s identity.

Police are not ruling out any scenarios, but early findings suggest a carefully orchestrated crime, with the perpetrators having chosen a remote location, likely with prior knowledge of the terrain.