Emilia Koprowska: prosecutors set 15 November deadline for police to complete new tasks in missing-person case

In brief

• Prosecutors have given police a list of further investigative steps to complete by 15 November in the case of missing 37-year-old Emilia Koprowska.
• Her phone and a backpack with her keys and personal belongings were found in September, without explaining what happened to her.
• Her husband launched a fundraiser with a 20,000 zloty target, but by 10 November only seven people had donated.

Prosecutors set a deadline for police

Emilia Koprowska, 37, from Koszalin, disappeared in Darłowo on the night of 30 to 31 August, after a quarrel with her husband Krystian Koprowski during a music festival. Prosecutors have handed police a list of further investigative actions and set 15 November as the date by which they must be completed (Nowe informacje ws. zaginięcia Emilii. Policja ma czas do 15 listopada – o2.pl). Police have again questioned Krystian Koprowski, who is treated as a witness in the case.

Clues found so far

After the disappearance, police, search teams with tracking dogs and divers joined the search. Her phone was found on 14 September, and a backpack containing her keys to the car and flat, along with personal belongings, turned up on 21 September (Rutkowski ostro o mężu Emilii Koprowskiej. "Brak elementarnej empatii" – Newsweek). Neither find has yet explained what happened to her in the final hours.

Husband's fundraiser

Krystian Koprowski has set up an online fundraiser with a target of 20,000 zloty to pay for further searches. He says he wants to keep organising search activities, checking new locations and working with people experienced in such searches (Mąż Emilii Koprowskiej założył zbiórkę na jej poszukiwania. Mało wpłat – Fakt). Four days after launch, the campaign had collected less than 400 zloty, and by 10 November only seven people had donated.

Public debate

Detective Krzysztof Rutkowski, who has publicly commented on the case, has repeatedly spoken about threats Krystian Koprowski says he receives, which has drawn sharp reactions online (Krzysztof Rutkowski grozi policją oponentom Koprowskiego. Internet: "Szukanie wrogów Krystianka" – jastrzabpost.pl).