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The Istanbul Attorney General's office announced Monday that the villa had been searched because one of the Saudi suspects involved in the killing had contacted a Saudi national living near Samanli the day before the killing of Khashoggi.
"We believe this contact was about how to dispose of the body parts of Jamal Khashoggi after his dismemberment, so the police and the prosecutor's office carried out searches on November 26," said the prosecutor's office. a statement.
An on-site CNN team saw dogs search the scene while teams of white-collar medical examiners entered and exited the building.
According to the official Anadolu News Agency, police searched a well in the garden on Monday and used sniffer dogs and drones to help them.
A local official and Turkish pro-government media said the villa belonged to a Saudi national. The CNN team saw two large portraits of the King and Crown Prince Saudi inside the property.
The investigators and forensic teams left the property after 10 hours of searches and it was unclear whether they had had any leads or would return on Tuesday.
CNN does not name the suspect or the Saudi national because we have not confirmed their identity independently.
This is the first research released by law enforcement officials since last month's excavations, including the consulate of Saudi Arabia, the consul general's residence and a forest on the outskirts of the city. 39; Istanbul.
The remains of the journalist have not been found
Khashoggi, a former Saudi royal insider turned critic of the country 's government, was reported missing in early October after visiting the Istanbul consulate to obtain papers for his impending marriage.
The journalist was killed after "a fight and a quarrel" at the consulate of Saudi Arabia, according to the prosecutor's office. His killers tied him up and injected him with a fatal sedative overdose. Then, according to the prosecutors, they dismembered his body and five removed him from the consulate.
The police did not find the remains of Khashoggi.
Riyadh claimed that none of the country's leaders, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had any knowledge of the operation.
But intelligence officials, lawmakers and analysts familiar with the kingdom say that an operation of this nature and magnitude would have required an awareness and instructions from the crown prince, who controls all the services of the kingdom. security of the country.
Last week, US President Trump was criticized by Turkey for "turning a blind eye" to high-level murder.
"In a way, Mr. Trump's statement means" Whatever happens, I'll close my eyes to that, "said Cavusoglu." The money is not all. We should not distance ourselves from human values. "
