Shock: "Burned 8-year friendship, left Bible beside head" Former soccer player from prestigious club 'shocked' by bizarre murder spree

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A former soccer player has been arrested by police on charges of brutally killing a long-time friend and desecrating the body.

The UK's 'The Sun' reported on the 31st (Korea time) that Abel Steven KARAvali (30), a former player from a prestigious Colombian club, was arrested in Chile for decapitating a friend and burning the body in a travel bag.

According to media reports, the incident began on April 12 in a field fire in Curacavi, Chile. Firefighters responding to the scene discovered the charred remains of the victim during suppression efforts. A Bible was found beside the decapitated head, and the Prosecution Service determined that the perpetrator had tortured the victim before killing him.

Police arrested KARAvali in early this month, about a month later, in the capital, Santiago. CCTV footage obtained by police shows KARAvali moving a large cart in a parking lot. The Prosecution Service believes KARAvali hid the body in this cart.

Investigations revealed that KARAvali conspired with a 51-year-old Colombian taxi driver to transport the body in the trunk to Curacavi. The two set fire to the body and fled. Police have detained KARAvali and the taxi driver on charges of aggravated murder, illegal possession of weapons, and drug trafficking, and are hunting down two additional accomplices who escaped.

KARAvali is a former player of Colombia's top prestigious club, 'Deportivo Cali.' After moving to Chile, he joined a drug trafficking organization and rose to a leadership position. The victim, whose identity remains unknown, is also a Colombian with a prior record of drug trafficking. The two had maintained a friendship of over eight years through soccer.

The prosecutor in charge told local media, "The numerous stab wounds found before decapitation indicate that the motive was not simple murder," and explained, "Abandoning and burning the body while leaving a Bible is a clear characteristic of drug organization crimes." Initially suspecting a kidnapping plot, the Prosecution Service has now concluded this case as a retaliatory crime by a drug organization.

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