Bulgaria is opening a trial Thursday over the killing of an American suspected of producing gruesome porn material, media reported.
The US man was killed early 2005, his body found outside Sofia. Three Bulgarian men are facing court over the crime.
According to Bulgarian media, the victim used to make explicit footage for his own porn website. The police were after the man, suspecting him of paedophilia and of porn production, the press has said.
Brothers Anguel (23) and Yulian (18) Anguelov, together with Pavel Mladenov are suspected of murdering the American.