During the show "Në Shënjestër" with author Klodiana Lala, new facts were revealed from the investigative file for the murder of Renato Hoxha, on April 27, 2025 in Vlora.
According to the file, what was seen on the cameras on the day of the murder was the way Daniel Cornea entered and operated in Albania for a week, precisely to eliminate Renato Hoxhaj, as well as the order coming from Dubai.
"From the examination of the video footage, it appears that the perpetrator of the murder of citizen Renato Hoxhaj entered Albania from the Qafë-Botë Border Crossing Point in Saranda, on April 21, 2025 at 17:44 p.m.
He is spotted entering our territory from the Greek state on foot and then taking a taxi upon entering Albania.
During questioning, taxi driver BT said that his client asked him to take him to Vlora and that he had spoken to him in Greek.
"During the conversation they had, he told her that he was 53 years old with Romanian citizenship and that one of his parents was Greek and lived in Athens," the investigative file states.
Further, the footage from the day of the murder shows how Daniel Cornea woke up early on the morning of April 27 and was seen initially moving to the area where he would later shoot Renato Hoxhaj.
Movement in the crime scene, initially documented by video cameras, at 4:56 a.m.
He performs these actions continuously until 6:15 a.m., the moment when the victim appears on the horizon, who is stabbed from behind until the moment he shoots him in the back.
Although he is careful not to leave a trace, Daniel Cornea, after committing the murder of Renato Hoxhaj, surprisingly continues to behave like a tourist in the city.
Immediately after committing the crime, he is seen on camera walking for approximately 20 minutes.
Making different movements from one street to another, as if he were the murderer who had just committed a crime.
Excerpts from the documentary
Along the way, the client, who introduced himself as Romanian, told the taxi driver that he had worked for some time as a ship captain and was unmarried.
But along the way, the taxi driver confessed that he was not feeling well and for this reason he had left his client in the village of Shijan in Saranda.
Where he was picked up by another taxi driver who apparently took him to the city of Vlora, which was his destination.
But upon arriving in Vlora, Daniel Cornea, who apparently behaves as if he were an ordinary tourist enjoying the sunshine in the coastal city, begins preparations to pursue his prey.
First, getting to know the city streets.
Here, security cameras in the city locate him driving the 'Land Rover' vehicle that had been previously purchased by Igli Sako and taken into possession in Tirana by Eris Mehmetaj.
Who then, on orders from Dubai to Alesio Dobrozi, delivered this car to a person with the nickname 'Poçi'.
Investigation File
From the examination of video footage in the city of Vlora, it results that on April 24, 2025, the 'Land Rover' vehicle, model 'Range Rover Sport', with license plate AB898IH, was observed moving in the city of Vlora at various times.
Where the driver of this vehicle is identified as citizen Daniel Cornea, who at 06.33 in the morning stops at a bakery and buys food products.
The vehicle that was spotted moving during this day was also seen in several other locations in the city of Vlora, as well as near the scene where the crime occurred.
The murderer Daniel Cornea made the same movements in the city over the next two days.
Often moving on foot in the perimeter where he then committed the murder.
This is a measure to be safe in every case in his movements, both by car and on foot.
Just as he did in the early morning of April 27, when he shot Renato Hoxhaj.
For whom he had received accurate information about his movements and the time when he went to work.
Daniel Cornea woke up early on the morning of April 27 and was seen initially moving to the area where he would later shoot Renato Hoxhaj.
Movement in the crime scene, initially documented by video cameras, at 4:56 a.m.
He performs these actions continuously until 6:15 a.m., the moment when the victim appears on the horizon, who is stabbed from behind until the moment he shoots him in the back.
Investigation File
On April 27, 2025, at 04.56 in the morning, Daniel Cornea is seen moving.
walking in the 'Hajro Çakërri' neighborhood in Vlora, in the hilly area located on the eastern side of 'Sulejman Delvina' street, located behind the IKMT office building.
An alley that you walk through for about 2 minutes.
At 05:08, he appears again in the 'Hajro Çakërri' neighborhood in Vlora, in the hilly area behind the Vlora Prosecutor's Office and Court building.
Something he does repeatedly, entering the neighborhood alley that leads to the place where the crime will later occur.
During these movements, the author walks at a normal speed and has his head bent forward.
He is wearing a pair of black sweatpants, black sneakers with white socks, a dark blue sweatshirt, and is carrying a fanny pack on his left chest.
He also wears a dark green, circular, full-brimmed hat, with a green-colored hood, and a black Covid mask on his face, with his hands in his pockets.
Although he is careful not to leave a trace, Daniel Cornea, after committing the murder of Renato Hoxhaj, surprisingly continues to behave like a tourist in the city.
Immediately after committing the crime, he is seen on camera walking for approximately 20 minutes.
Making different movements from one street to another, as if he were the murderer who had just committed a crime.
He seems to have suddenly lost his bearings and is trying to find the right path to get to the car he left on the other side.
Or is this a strategy of his to confuse the police, knowing that his portrait as a murderer could already be in their hands.
This is a case study of how a hired killer behaves immediately after completing a job.
Investigation File
After committing the murder of Renato Hoxhaj, Daniel Cornea at 06.19 on April 27, 2025, is seen moving very close to the scene of the crime, descending into a flowerbed from the concrete steps at the beginning of the alley, where the victim was found murdered.
At 06:29, Daniel Cornea appears again walking in the 'Hajro Çakërri' neighborhood until he leaves the camera's field of view.
At 06:36, he is spotted this time in the 'Isa Boletini' neighborhood, in the place where the 'Land Rover' vehicle used by him with the license plate AB898IH is parked, in which he then leaves.
But Daniel Cornea, aware that any delay could bring his end and the police could be in pursuit at any moment, had done his calculations well.
Without delay, as soon as he gets in the car, his plan is to leave Albania within the day. But initially, it is understood, he has another plan in mind.
To mislead the police.
Doing this, initially moving around Vlora, in the same areas.
In order to confuse law enforcement authorities, who, by combing the cameras, will believe that he is still in the city.
Meanwhile, once he's finished with this pointless wandering in front of the cameras in the same area, he'll find the time to leave the city and begin his escape.
Which he does for about two hours, from the time he commits the crime.
A plan that apparently worked best.
