The time of death of the sisters Belneyski is established as January 31, 2006, not three days earlier as it was claimed until now, coroner Maria Grozdeva, said Friday.

Grozdeva spoke during the 5th day of the high-profile case in the murder of the two sisters. The autopsy had been done in the morning of February 1, 2006 and the death occurred anywhere between 14 and 20 hours earlier, the coroner is adamant.

Grozdeva further explained the perpetrator, most likely, acted alone because the girls were raped and killed in an identical manner.

The coroners' team had not been allowed to search the place where the bodies were discovered – the "Gramadite" site near the town of Peshtera. They also did not examine the girls' clothes, the expert said.

She testified the older sister, Rositsa, had car-tire marks on her head, and the younger one, Hristina, had an abortion about a month before the incident, as the autopsy has revealed, along with the perpetrator most likely using a condom since there were no traces of DNA.

The testimony is a surprising twist in the trial because Lazar Kolev, 30, the only defendant in the case has a rock-solid alibi from 9 am on January 28 until the evening of January 31.

Sisters Rositsa (18) and Kristina (15) Belneyski went missing in January 2006, after leaving a disco bar in the town of Pazardzhik. The sisters were found dead on February 1, near the town of Peshtera.

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