47-year-old man found dead in villa fire in Caesarea, suspected to be intentional homicide

Police have imposed a gag order on all details of the investigation into the death of Eric Ben Dror who was found this morning in a house that caught fire. Ben Dror is known to the police from the field of fraud, and among other things, he is also investigated for suspicion of crimes. His body was sent for autopsy at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine

The man, a resident of Netanya, known to the police for fraud offenses, recently rented a luxurious two-story villa in Caesarea. Firefighters were called in the morning after smoke rose from the building. Firefighters found the man unconscious and rescued him. Initially, investigators assessed that this was a fire incident, but during the day, suspicions grew that it was a deliberate murder.