Without an exact address, it is almost impossible to find a specific villa.

The police checked several, questioned the owners, but everyone denied having held parties or seeing a model from Bellarus.

Without evidence, without witnesses, without a body, the police could not actively continue the investigation.

Two weeks later, in early July, the police received information from an unknown source.

An anonymous email stated that Victoria Costukovich had left the United Arab Emirates on June 15th on a private flight to Turkey.

They provided the flight number and the name of the private airline that operated the charter flight.

The police checked the information.

The airline confirmed that the flight had indeed taken place with a private plane departing from the private terminal at Dubai airport on June 15th at 11:00 am bound for Istanbul.

The passenger was a woman named Victoria Costukovich and her passport details matched.

The police requested copies of the documents and video recordings from the cameras in the terminal.

The documents were genuine Victoria’s passport.

The video showed a woman wearing sunglasses and a headscarf passing through the terminal and boarding the plane.

Her face was not clearly visible, but her build and height matched Victoria’s.

The police assumed that it was indeed her, that she had left voluntarily, possibly after receiving an offer from a client or deciding to leave for personal reasons.

They contacted the Turkish authorities and requested information about the flight’s arrival.

Turkey confirmed that the flight had landed in Istanbul on June 15th, that the passenger had passed through passport control and left the airport.

Further traces were lost.

The Dubai police closed the case as not requiring further investigation, considering that Victoria had left the country of her own accord and lost contact with the agency for personal reasons.

In fact, it was all a setup.

Muhammad used his connections and money to create a false trail.

He had Victoria’s passport, which he had taken from her belongings after drugging her at a party.

He hired a woman of similar build, who passed through the terminal using Victoria’s passport, and boarded the plane.

The woman was an accomplice and received a large sum of money for the job.

The plane did indeed fly to Istanbul.

The woman passed through passport control, then quietly returned to Dubai on another flight using her real documents.

Victoria’s passport was destroyed.

The whole operation cost more than $100,000, but for Muhammad, it was pocket change.

It was important to create the appearance that Victoria was alive and had left the country.

Victoria’s family and Minsk had become concerned even earlier.

Her parents called her every day while she was in Dubai.

But after June 14th, her phone was unavailable.

They contacted the agency which said that Victoria was not responding but had possibly left to work in another country.

Her parents filed a report with the Bellarian police and asked for help in finding their daughter.

The Bellarusian police contacted the Dubai police and requested information.

They received a response that Victoria Costukovich had left the UAE on June 15th, flown to Turkey, and her further whereabouts were unknown.

The Bellarian police asked the parents to contact the Turkish authorities to try to find traces of their daughter there.

The parents tried, wrote requests, called embassies, but to no avail.

No one in Turkey had seen Victoria, and there were no records of her stay after passing through passport control.

She seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Her parents hired a private detective in Turkey who searched for several months, interviewing people and checking hotels, hospitals, and morgs.

He found nothing.

By the end of 2019, the search had ended.

Victoria’s family came to terms with the fact that she was missing, possibly dead, but without a body or evidence.

There was nothing they could do.

She was officially declared missing.

Victoria’s mother fell into depression.

Her father tried to continue searching, but his strength gave out.

They never found out what really happened to their daughter.

Three years passed.

Muhammad continued to live his life rich, influential, untouched by anyone.

He continued to throw parties, invite models, run his business, and meet with important people.

No one suspected him of murder because there was no official murder.

There was only a missing girl who had flown to another country and disappeared.

But in 2022, something unexpected happened.

One of Muhammad’s friends, one of those who had watched the broadcast from the camera in the cube, had a falling out with him over business.

The conflict was serious and concerned the division of profits from a joint venture.

The friend, offended and angry, decided to take revenge.

He contacted an international journalistic organization that investigates crimes against women.

He provided them with information about Victoria’s death, told them the whole story of how it happened, who was behind it, and how the body was destroyed.

He did not provide any evidence because there was none.

All electronic devices had been destroyed, and witnesses among the servants and workers had been intimidated and paid huge sums of money to keep quiet.

But the journalists began to dig deeper.

They contacted Victoria’s family, the agency, and the Dubai police.

They reopened the case of her disappearance and began to verify the version provided by the informant.

They found inconsistencies in the official story about the flight to Turkey.

They examined the video recording from the terminal more closely with the help of facial recognition experts.

The experts said that the woman in the recording was not Victoria.

Her facial features did not match despite the glasses and headscarf.

They published the investigation in 2022 in an international publication.

They named Muhammad, although with the caveat that this was unconfirmed information from an anonymous source.

They described the whole story as told by the informant.

This caused a great stir, especially in Barus and Russia, where many girls work as models in Arab countries.

The UAE government reacted sharply, denying all accusations and calling the publication slander and an attempt to discredit the country.

They stated that the Dubai police investigation had been conducted properly, that Victoria Costukovich had left the country voluntarily, and that there was no evidence of a crime.

Muhammad issued a statement denying all allegations, saying that he had never met the girl, that parties were held regularly at his villa, but that he was not responsible for all the guests.

Attempts were made to reopen the case and international human rights organizations demanded a new investigation.

But without a body, without direct evidence, without witnesses willing to speak, nothing changed.

Muhammad was too influential, too protected.

The case was closed again, this time for good.

Victoria’s family never received justice.

Her mother died of grief in 2023, never knowing the truth.

Her father continues to live, but is broken by the loss of his daughter and wife.

Elite models stopped sending models to Dubai for private events after this scandal, as it was too big a risk to their reputation.

Victoria’s story became a warning to thousands of girls who dream of a modeling career and easy money in rich countries.

It showed that danger can lurk behind glamour and luxury, that cultural differences can cost lives, that insulting someone’s honor in some cultures is punishable by death, and that money and power allow crimes to be committed without consequences.

Muhammad continues to live in Dubai, running his business and throwing parties.

The cube in which Victoria died has long since been destroyed, and the place in the desert where it stood is no different from the rest of the desert.

Nothing reminds us of what happened there.

Only sand, stones, sun, and wind that carries dust across the endless expanse.

The story begins when the parents of a Polish model receive an urn in the mail containing ashes that do not belong to their daughter.

The official report mentions thrombosis, but the actual death documents are hidden and her body has been inbalmed and is kept in a closed room in a palace in the United Arab Emirates as a religious object for private rituals.

The Polish model in this story will be called Marta Noak.

This is a neutral and conditional name that does not refer to a specific real person.

She was born into an ordinary family in a small town in southern Poland.

Her father worked as an electrician at a local enterprise and her mother was a nurse at the district hospital.

Marta had one younger sister.

The family lived without luxury but without extreme poverty with a typical attitude for such towns.

Children should study, get a profession, and live a little better than their parents.

From an early age, Marta attracted attention because of her appearance.

Her tall stature, regular features, light hair, and bright blue eyes made her stand out in any group of people.

In high school, her classmates began to encourage her to participate in beauty contests and work as a model.

She gained her first serious experience in the capital when she was just over 18.

She went there for a while to try her hand at modeling agencies.

There she was assessed as promising for catalog and advertising shoots, but not as a high-fashion star.

Marta signed a contract with a small agency that sent models to commercial shoots in different European countries.

She put off her university studies, saying she had a chance to earn money, see the world, and help her family.

For several years, Marta worked on contracts in different cities, flying to shoots in Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy.

These were standard assignments for mid-level models, clothing catalogs, cosmetics advertisements, and participation in regional shows.

She had enough money to pay for a small apartment in Warsaw, save some of her earnings, and periodically help her parents.

Marta maintained a neat profile on social media where she combined work photos with personal ones.

There was no display of expensive cars or excessive luxury, but it was clear that she was living an active professional life.

After about 7 years of this work, it became clear that her career had stabilized at a level that did not allow for significant growth.

Age was working against her in the modeling industry, and without major contracts or luck, the door to higher level shoots was closed.

During this period, Marta began to consider more risky offers.

Agencies working at the intersection of the modeling business and private events periodically offered trips to closed events with a wealthy audience in the Persian Gulf countries.

Formally, this was presented as participation in presentations, hotel openings, and shows for private collections.

A critical contact arose at a similar event in one of the European capitals.

There was a private party organized by a hotel chain from the United Arab Emirates.

Entrepreneurs, investors, and representatives of wealthy families from the Persian Gulf countries were invited.

A local modeling agency provided girls to accompany the guests, give presentations, and model clothing.

Marta was among the invited guests.

At this event, she met a man who was introduced as Prince Fidel bin Rashid, heir to a large family fortune in one of the Emirates, including shares in hotels, land, and other assets.

That evening, the prince was reserved, showing no overt interest in the models, but watching them closely.

Martha caught his attention, not only with her appearance, but also with her behavior.

She did not seek to constantly be around the wealthy crowd, behaving correctly and distantly, not trying to impose herself or show excessive interest in the high status guests.

Later, he approached her himself, struck up a conversation on neutral topics, asked about her work, how long she had been in the industry, and whether she had ever been interested in living outside Poland.

A few days later, Marta received an email on behalf of a Swiss consulting company.

The letter stated that one of the company’s clients was interested in the possibility of concluding a personal contract agreement with her for long-term representation.

Attached was a document of several pages written in formal legal language.

The essence of the proposal was to become an official partner and representative of the client’s interests for several years.

In effect, a contract spouse without directly using that term.

She was guaranteed a move to the United Arab Emirates, accommodation in a private residence, the status of spouse of a member of the ruling family in private circles, and fixed financial compensation upon completion of the agreement.

The amount of compensation was specified as several million dollars payable in a lump sum provided that all terms of the contract were fulfilled.

The document emphasized confidentiality, a ban on disclosure of the details of the agreement, restrictions on contact with the press, and an obligation to participate in certain events.

A separate clause stipulated that medical care, security, and living conditions would be fully provided by the customer and that any emergencies would be dealt with within the internal jurisdiction of the host country.

This meant that in disputed situations, the legal system of the emirate would apply rather than that of Marta’s country of citizenship.

Marta showed the document to a lawyer she knew in Poland.

He noted the absence of a clear mechanism for unilateral termination of the contract on her initiative, unclear wording about internal procedures in the event of a conflict, and a virtually complete waiver of claims against the customer in the event of unforeseen circumstances.

He recommended that she refuse or seek serious amendments.

At the same time, Marta consulted with several girls who had experience working at private events in the Persian Gulf countries.

Some of them talked about such contracts as a quick way to earn a large sum of money, while others mentioned cases of pressure and strict control, but without specific names and cases.

At this stage, the financial prospect became the deciding factor.

Marta understood that in a normal modeling career, her chances of earning a comparable amount in a limited period of time were minimal.

Her family was counting on her help and she herself did not have a stable profession outside the fashion industry.

After several rounds of correspondence, minor revisions and internal struggle, she signed the document.

Formally, it was an agreement for representation services and a long-term personal contract.

Only legal entities were disclosed on the customer’s side, but it was clear from accompanying signs that it was Prince Fidil.

Next, the move was organized.

Marta was issued a visa tied to a specific sponsor.

Tickets, accommodation, and insurance were paid for by the client.

Upon arrival in the United Arab Emirates, she was met by representatives of the resident’s security service and immediately taken to a closed area belonging to the prince’s family.

It was not a public hotel, but a private complex with controlled access.

From the very first days, Marta was confronted with a strict system of rules.

She was told that she could only leave the residence when accompanied by trusted individuals.

Telephones and the internet were not formally prohibited, but their use was controlled.

She was given a separate phone to communicate with her family.

Her personal devices gradually faded into the background.

She was asked to avoid posts that could reveal her exact location or details of the interior.

This was explained as a matter of security and privacy.

The living conditions were comfortable, a separate spacious room, cleaning and catering staff, a car with a driver.

She accompanied the prince to private dinners, meetings, and private events where she was introduced as his spouse or official companion.

In the country, her position remained informal in the public sphere, but within the prince’s circle, her status was clear.

For almost a year, Marta’s life seemed strictly controlled, but relatively stable.

She herself described it in rare confidential conversations as a golden cage, a high level of comfort, but minimal freedom.

Outwardly, everything looked like the fulfillment of the terms of the contract.

Over time, the religious and quasi mystical component of the prince’s entourage grew stronger.

People who were presented as spiritual mentors and religious scholars began to appear constantly at the residence.

At the same time, specialists with scientific backgrounds in neurochnology and experimental medicine began to arrive.

Open sources describe similar private initiatives where wealthy clients finance projects in the field of life extension and brain research.

MATU was gradually drawn into this area.

At first, it was all about harmless examinations, tests, neuroscanning, sleep monitoring, and reactions to audio and text stimuli.

Everything was presented as work on stress levels and cognitive function optimization.

She did not have actual informed consent based on an independent medical opinion.

She was under the complete control of the client.

Later in conversations between the prince and religious advisers and scientists, phrases such as transfer of essence, projection of consciousness, and preservation of the soul through a carrier began to appear regularly.

Neuroscientists used terminology about mapping neural patterns and possible synchronization between two brains.

Religious advisers linked this to old mystical concepts.

At this intersection, the idea of a ritual arose, which a small circle of people began to call an experiment in consciousness transfer.

By this point, Martha found herself in a position where it was extremely difficult to refuse to participate.

She was presented with a document describing the procedure as voluntary participation in an experiment on deep neural coupling with a spiritual component.

It specifically stated that serious side effects, including death, were possible, but the probability of such outcomes was described as extremely low.

The legal purpose of the document was to remove as much responsibility as possible from the organizers in the event of a fatal outcome.

Marta signed the consent form while isolated without independent advisers and completely dependent on the prince and his entourage.

She only told her family in Poland that she was undergoing health courses and special examinations as part of a private program without mentioning terms such as consciousness transfer or brain experiments.

To her parents, this seemed like just another element of their daughter’s unusual but controlled life in the residence of a wealthy man abroad.

It is at this stage that the story goes beyond the scope of a standard contract marriage and enters the realm of a combination of private religious mystical practices and opaque pseudocientific experiments characteristic of some closed elite circles as periodically reported by human rights and journalistic investigations.

How exactly the central procedure took place has not been officially recorded.

Further events are known only from indirect data, fragments of evidence, and decisions that were made after Marta’s death.

During the central procedure, Marta Novak was in a completely controlled area of the residence where no outsiders were allowed, including staff not involved in the experiment.

Formally, it was referred to as a session of deep neuro stimulation with spiritual accompaniment.

In fact, it was a closed ritual where scientific terminology was used to legitimize actions that were not subject to independent medical observation or a transparent protocol.

The preparations for this procedure show that it was planned in advance and carefully.

Brain activity monitoring devices, heart rate and respiration recording systems and equipment for introvenous administration of drugs were brought to the residents.

Such equipment is used in legal medicine and research.

But the difference here was the lack of clinical status and external control by regulators, which is often a key factor in the tragic outcomes of closed experiments on humans conducted in private facilities.

Martha was placed on a special chair or table, and numerous electrodes were attached to her head to record her brain’s electrical activity.

Heart rate and breathing sensors were placed on her body.

She was given an introvenous drug described in the documents as a seditive and conduit to deep states of consciousness.

The description stated that it reduces anxiety and allows for a deeper connection between the participants in the process.

Prince Fidil, several religious consultants and two neurochnology specialists were present in the room.

The role of the latter was to set up and control the equipment, but they were not formally responsible in the event of complications.

The ritual part consisted of reading religious texts and formulas, which according to the advisers were supposed to open channels for the transmission of essence.

The scientific part consisted of sending certain series of stimuli to Marta’s brain in the form of electrical impulses and sound sequences designed to provoke specific neural patterns.

At the same time, according to fragmentaryary evidence, the prince was in the same room sitting or lying down with sensors connected to his head that recorded his own neural activity.

This was presented as a coupling of two brains.

In practice, such procedures in conditions that do not meet clinical standards carry a serious risk of overloading the cardiovascular system and the central nervous system.

The combination of psychoactive drugs, intense stimulation, and severe psychological pressure can lead to a sharp rise or fall in blood pressure, cardiac arhythmia, and cardiac arrest.

Open medical sources describe cases of sudden cardiac death against a background of a combination of stress factors and incorrect use of stimulants, especially in the absence of resuscitation equipment and trained personnel.

At the critical moment, Marta’s condition deteriorated sharply.

The equipment first recorded a surge and then a drop in brain electrical activity accompanied by a serious heart rhythm disturbance.

According to normal medical practice, the procedure should have been stopped immediately.

A resuscitation team called and life support protocol followed.

However, in a private residence, the actual response depended entirely on the will of the prince and his immediate entourage.

According to information that was later disclosed in a small circle and which human rights activists tried to reconstruct, the doctors attempted to perform basic resuscitation measures for a short time.

However, there was no full resuscitation team or equipment.

After a short period of unsuccessful attempts to restore her heartbeat, Martha was pronounced dead.

The cause of death was actually cardiac arrest due to the body’s overload as a result of a combination of drugs, stimulation, and stress.

At this stage, Prince Fidel personally made a key decision.

Instead of initiating official medical protocol, notifying state authorities, or at least registering her death through a regular hospital, he chose a completely closed scenario.

This decision determined the further chain of events from concealing the circumstances of her death to turning Martha’s body into an object of quasi religious veneration within the palace.

The first step was to put the correct version on paper.

The family doctor, who had been working for the prince’s family for a long time and was completely dependent on them, drew up an internal conclusion that did not reflect the actual course of events.

In the documents which were drawn up retroactively, the death was described as sudden heart failure against a background of thrombosis.

This is a standard phrase often used in situations where the cause of death is to be presented as natural and not requiring further investigation.

The report made no mention of experimental procedures, the use of special drugs, or the use of uncertified equipment.

The next question was what to do with the body.

In a normal situation, when a foreign citizen dies in another country, the body or ashes are returned to the family and after all the paperwork has been completed.

In controversial circumstances, the death becomes the subject of a criminal investigation and diplomatic authorities become involved in the process.

However, the prince gave a direct order not to return the body within his entourage.

This was motivated by religious mystical logic.

It was believed that during the ritual, part of his essence had been transferred to Marta’s body, and now it represented a vessel, a relic that needed to be preserved in the residence.

The decision to embalm was made quickly.

The residents already had contacts with people familiar with traditional methods of preserving the body adapted to the local religious context.

Formally, Islam does not require long-term preservation of the body or complex imbalming procedures.

But in elite circles, there are practices that combine religious elements with a cult and magical beliefs.

In the private sphere of wealthy families in various countries, there have been cases where bodies or parts of bodies have been preserved in closed rooms as symbols or objects of worship.

Martha’s body was treated with special solutions.

Her internal organs were removed and replaced with preservatives.

Some of the organs may have been used for specific rituals as was indirectly mentioned by those who overheard internal discussions.

Externally, the body was brought to a state that allowed for its long-term storage.

After that, it was placed in a closed room inside the palace to which only the prince, several trusted individuals, and religious consultants who participated in the ritual had access.

This room became a kind of sanctuary.

For the prince’s entourage, the body was seen as a material carrier of the transferred essence, an object through which further rituals were performed.

There texts were read and formulas were recited which according to the participants maintained the connection and strengthened the spiritual channel.

In fact, it was about turning the corpse of a foreign citizen who died as a result of an experimental procedure into a secret cult object.

At the same time, it was necessary to settle the matter with the family in Poland and the official authorities.

To do this, they used a classic scheme that is common in a number of countries where institutions or private structures try to hide the real causes of death of foreign citizens.

The family was sent a message stating that Marta had died as a result of sudden thrombosis and heart failure while staying at a private clinic in the United Arab Emirates.

It was stated that death had come quickly without prolonged suffering and that the doctors had done everything possible.

Separately, her parents were informed that in accordance with local regulations, the body had been cremated quickly in accordance with humane standards and that the ashes were ready for shipment.

Along with the message, they were offered monetary compensation for the funeral arrangements and as an expression of sympathy.

The amount seemed large by Polish standards and was presented as a gesture of goodwill on the part of the family with whom Marta was formally under contract.

The parents were sent an ern with the ashes.

Later, when the whole picture became clearer, there were serious reasons to believe that the ashes in the urn did not belong to Marta.

In the absence of independent control over cremation and identification of remains in a country where the case was not registered as criminal but was treated as a natural death.

It was impossible to verify this at the time.

The family received the ern death documents stating thrombosis and heart failure and a sum of money that was significant for them.

At this stage, the official story was closed.

Within the United Arab Emirates, the death of a foreign citizen did not become public knowledge.

The case did not receive widespread publicity, and there were no open court proceedings or journalistic investigations.

In Poland, it looked like a tragic but formally natural death abroad.

Without access to the place of death or the actual medical records, the relatives were completely dependent on the information provided through diplomatic and private channels.

Marta’s mother’s doubts arose quite quickly.

She was alarmed by the speed of the cremation, the inability to see the body, the limited information, and the formal nature of the explanations.

She tried to contact representatives of the diplomatic services, and wrote requests asking for more detailed information about the clinic, the doctors, and the circumstances of her death.

In response, she received standard replies stating that the local authorities had confirmed the version of sudden heart failure and that there were no additional grounds for review.

At the same time, the closed practice of using Marta’s body as a ritual object continued in the residence itself.

No one outside the palace knew about this.

Information began to leak out only through the service staff, some of whom, despite the high level of control and intimidation, maintained their own moral boundaries.

Within such structures, it is often low paid employees working in the shadows who are the first to raise the alarm about human rights violations and abuses, as has been repeatedly confirmed in other cases of violence and death in the private estates of wealthy families.

One of the key figures was a young woman from the local staff who was periodically called upon to service the premises near the closed room.

She will henceforth be referred to as the internal witness, although her name and exact position are not disclosed for obvious reasons.

It was through her and a chain of contacts with human rights activists and journalists that the first descriptions of what actually happened to Marta at Prince Fidil’s residence began to emerge.

The internal witness was the starting point for what later made it possible to at least partially reconstruct the course of events surrounding Marta Novak’s death and the transformation of her body into a hidden cult object inside Prince Fidel’s palace.

She worked as a member of the resident’s service staff, performing domestic tasks and periodically being called upon to work in areas adjacent to rooms where ordinary employees were not usually allowed.

In such structures, access is strictly hierarchical, but technical needs and the human factor sometimes create brief windows through which one can see what is not intended for outside eyes.

According to her, as relayed to human rights activists through a chain of intermediaries, it was not the body itself that first attracted attention, but a change in the access regime to one of the rooms.

The room located on the inner level of the palace and previously used as a storage or auxiliary area had been completely cleared and closed off.

Additional locks were installed.

The doors could only be opened with special keys or codes, and people from the prince’s inner circle and religious advisers began to appear more often.

Staff were strictly forbidden to enter under any pretext.

Once the witness was temporarily assigned to clean the corridor, leading to this room at a time when the door was slightly a jar.

She did not go inside, but through the crack she could see part of the interior.

According to her description, inside there was an object that in shape and posture was clearly a human body, vertically fixed and partially covered with cloth.

She could not make out the facial features, but noted light skin and hair.

Later, comparing the height, build, and time period, she concluded that it could have been Marta, whose death had already been reported to her as sudden and followed by cremation.

The witness noted separately that Prince Fidil and religious advisers regularly entered this room.

Events were held inside accompanied by the reading of texts, the recitation of formulas, and the use of aromatic mixtures.

The staff heard distant sounds, but did not have access to the content of what was happening.

All of this fits into the picture of the formation of a hidden ritual space around the body of a person who is declared a vessel or relic in a closed group which corresponds to cases of privatized worship within elite residences described in other contexts.

At this stage, Marta’s family in Poland only had the official version about thrombosis and the ern with ashes that was sent to them along with the money.

The mother did not give up trying to get more information.

She wrote requests to the Polish Foreign Ministry, contacted consular services, and tried to obtain at least copies of medical documents and contacts for the clinic where her daughter allegedly died.

The responses were formal in nature.

It was reported that the local authorities had confirmed the diagnosis of acute heart failure against a background of thrombosis, that the cremation had been carried out in accordance with local regulations, and that there were no additional grounds for intervention.

Attempts to initiate an independent investigation were hampered by the practical impossibility of gaining access to the prince’s residence, the medical facilities that formally appeared in the documents or the people involved in the procedure.

Without a body, without authentic protocols, and with the host country blocking information, the family and Polish officials found themselves in a position where it was virtually impossible to do anything beyond sending requests and receiving standard responses.

This is a typical situation in cases where a foreign citizen dies under controversial circumstances in a closed structure of a wealthy family in another jurisdiction and where the official line of the host country does not allow for the admission of guilt.

The breakthrough came only after a considerable amount of time when an internal witness having left the palace managed to reach out to human rights activists dealing with cases of violence and abuse in the private residences of wealthy Middle Eastern families through her network of contacts.

Such organizations already had experience working with stories in which staff reported abuse, illegal deprivation of liberty, hidden deaths, and unofficial punishments that remained outside of criminal statistics.

They knew how to work with anonymous sources while minimizing the risk to them and how to gradually build up a body of circumstantial evidence.

The witness said that a foreign woman who lived there as the prince’s contract wife had died in the residence.

and that after her death, her body hadn’t been sent back to her homeland, but had been kept in the palace.

She described the room with the body fixed vertically, the rituals performed around it, and conversations between people from the prince’s entourage, in which words such as soul transfer, failed ritual, and side effect were mentioned.

She also mentioned that the death was officially recorded as the result of illness and the body was allegedly cremated, although in fact it remained in the residence.

Human rights activists began to compare this information with cases known to them and with publicly available data.

In terms of time, country, and profile, the story of Marta Novak fit.

a Polish model who worked in Europe for several years, then disappeared from the public eye, and after some time, her family received news of her sudden death in the United Arab Emirates.

Indirect confirmation was found through acquaintances in the modeling world, who knew about her contract with a wealthy man from the Persian Gulf, and that after her departure, she had virtually disappeared from the public eye.

At this stage, two questions had to be resolved.

whether it was possible to bring the information to journalists willing to investigate and how to do so without compromising the source within the system.

In the end, a semi-doccumentary format was chosen in which real elements, the contract marriage scheme, participation enclosed experiments, death during the procedure, concealment of the body, and its transformation into a ritual object were described without reference to specific legally identifiable names and exact addresses, but with sufficient detail about the mechanics of what was happening.

This approach has already been used in investigations of violence and deaths in private guarded estates where direct identification could lead to immediate reprisals against the sources.

Journalists having received the materials compared them with what is already known about the practices of private experiments in closed elite circles.

In various countries, there have been cases where wealthy individuals have funded pseudocientific research into life extension, consciousness transfer, and strengthening spiritual connections in which people were effectively used as test subjects.

Such projects as a rule existed at the intersection of marginal science and occult beliefs, circumvented official regulations, and were disguised as private medical or spiritual programs.

The story of Marta Novak fit into this well-known though rarely formalized pattern.

A foreigner who found herself dependent on a wealthy person through a contract.

Isolation in a residence.

Gradual involvement in experimental procedures without independent oversight.

Death during a ritualized experiment.

Registration of death as natural.

concealment of the body and its functional use in closed religious mystical practices.

Human rights activists and journalists were able to convey only part of the information to Martr’s family as they could not reveal their source.

The parents were told that the official version of sudden thrombosis and cremation raises serious doubts that there is evidence of death during an unauthorized experiment and that the body wasn’t returned and cremated as they were told.

For the family, this meant an admission that the ashes in the urn most likely belonged to someone else and that their daughter’s real body was in another country in a closed room in a palace where it was being used for rituals.

From a legal point of view, the chances of holding Prince Fidel and his entourage accountable remain minimal.

The family has no access to the body, no authentic medical documents, and no official witnesses to the procedure.

In the country where this happened, the justice system is de facto dependent on the political and economic elite and the closed residences of the ruling families are beyond any real external control.

Precedents where such cases have reached public trial and sentencing for members of the elite are rare and as a rule have been linked either to internal political conflicts or to massive international pressure.

As a result, the story of Marta Novak exists in a borderline zone between fact and unproven accusation.

For her relatives, it is the loss of a daughter in circumstances that they can neither verify nor change.

For human rights activists, it is yet another case in a series of stories about how closed elite circles use people as a resource for their ideas and experiments and then hide the consequences under a layer of bureaucratic wording and money.

For journalists, it is an example of how a system of contract marriages, privatized spirituality, and private pseudocientific projects can lead to the death of a person who initially hoped only for a chance to earn money and change their social status.

At the end of the day, this story seems extremely dry.

There is a Polish citizen who worked as a model and signed a contract with a wealthy man from the United Arab Emirates.

She moved into his residence where she lived under strict control.

There she was used in an experiment at the intersection of religious rhetoric and neurochnology.

During the procedure, she suffered cardiac arrest and died.

Instead of an official investigation and the return of her body to her family, her death was recorded as natural.

Her body was imbalmed and left in the palace, turning her into an object of worship.

Her parents received an urn with someone else’s ashes and documents stating thrombosis and heart failure.

This set of facts, even if it never becomes the subject of a full-fledged criminal case, shows in itself how vulnerable people can be when they find themselves at the intersection of private wealth, closed religious mystical structures, and uncontrolled experiments.

And as long as such stories remain in the shadows, similar practices have a chance to repeat themselves over and over again, changing only the names, countries, and details of the contracts.

When Marina Kalskaya disappeared in Dubai, her family received condolences from the embassy, a closed coffin, and documents about a terrible car accident.

When 8 months later, a servant at the Rajasthan Palace photographed a strange bride doll.

No one connected these events until they noticed the mole, the very same mole above her left eyebrow that Marina always considered her distinguishing feature.

This is a story about how wealth, power, and pathological obsession turned people into collectibles and about how one photograph destroyed the empire of a prince who thought he had bought himself impunity.

Marina Kovalskaya arrived in Dubai on April 23rd, 20s 18.

She was 24 years old and had been working as a model in Warsaw for the past 5 years, posing for cataloges and occasionally for cosmetics advertisements.

Her career was going well, but not brilliantly.

Dubai promised a breakthrough.

The contract was offered by Elite Models Middle East, three months of work, shows for luxury brands, photooots for magazines.

The pay was $15,000 a month, plus hotel accommodation, flights, and meals.

Marina showed the contract to her mother, who was wary, but her daughter was an adult, experienced, and had worked with various agencies.

The first two weeks went well.

Marina lived at the Jira Beach Hotel, participated in shows, and got to know other models, photographers, and designers.

She sent her mother photos from the events and talked about her work in messages.

Everything looked professional and safe.

On May 15th, she was invited to a private event.

It was a presentation of a jewelry collection in a private villa, and models were needed to showcase the jewelry.

The pay for the evening was $3,000.

Marina agreed.

The agency confirmed that the event was legitimate and the client was verified.

The villa was located on Palm Jira, a gated elite neighborhood.

Marina arrived there in the evening accompanied by a representative of the agency.

There were about 30 guests at the villa, all dressed in expensive suits and dresses, staff in white gloves, professional photography.

The atmosphere was sophisticated and respectable.

Among the guests was a man of about 35, tall, well-groomed, in an impeccable suit.

He introduced himself as Vikram Singh and said he was in the textile business between India and the UAE.

He was polite, educated, and spoke English with a slight accent.

They talked for about an hour.

He asked about her work, her plans, and was interested in Poland, its culture, and European fashion.

When the event ended, Vikram asked for her phone number, saying that he was organizing the next photo shoot for his brand and would like to invite her.

Marina gave him the work phone number that the agency had given her for the duration of the contract.

Vicram called 3 days later.

He suggested they meet to discuss the details of the photo shoot.

They met at a cafe in the Dubai Mall, a public place with lots of people.

He showed her the brand’s portfolio, clothing sketches, and shooting plans.

Everything looked professional.

He offered a fee of $8,000 for two days of work.

Marina agreed, but said that everything had to go through the agency.

Vicram nodded and said that his assistant would contact the agency the next day.

And so, it happened.

The agency confirmed that the client was wellknown and solvent and that the contract was drawn up correctly.

The shoot was scheduled for May 26th.

The location was a studio in the Alquaz area, an industrial zone with many creative spaces and studios.

Marina arrived in the morning accompanied by another model from the agency, a stylist, a makeup artist, and a photographer.

Vikram was present observing the process and offering comments.

The shoot went smoothly and professionally.

At the end of the day, Vikram thanked everyone and said that the result was excellent.

He paid the agency on the same day.

Marina received her fee a week later.

After that, Vikram continued to call.

He invited her to events and dinners, always in public places, always appropriately.

Marina saw this as networking.

useful connections for her career.

He introduced her to several designers and show organizers.

He seemed like a reliable business contact.

On June 10th, he suggested a trip.

His family owns a palace in Rajasthan where a traditional ceremony will take place, and they need models with European looks for a cultural photo shoot, a mix of Eastern and Western traditions.

It’s a project for an international magazine.

The pay is $20,000 for a week’s work with all expenses covered.

Marina hesitated.

India, an unfamiliar place, a private event.

But Vicram showed her an official invitation from the magazine, a contract, and all the documents looked legitimate.

She consulted with the agency.

They said that the client was solvent, the documents were in order, but the decision was hers.

She agreed.

A ticket was purchased for June 15th, a flight from Dubai to Jaipur.

The agency insisted that a representative fly with her.

Vikram agreed and paid for an additional ticket.

On the evening of June 14th, Vikram called Marina.

He said there was a problem.

The agency representative couldn’t fly because he was sick, but there was a replacement.

Another agency employee would fly instead of him.

Marina called the agency and they confirmed that yes, there would be a replacement.

On the morning of the 15th, she arrived at the airport.

At the check-in counter, she met a woman who introduced herself as Aisha, an agency employee.

She had her passport, documents, everything.

They checked in for the flight, passed through passport control, and boarded the plane.

The flight went smoothly, 3 hours to Jaipur.

At the airport, they were met by a driver with a sign who loaded their suitcases into a black Toyota Land Cruiser SUV and drove them to the city.

Marina texted her mother, sent a photo from the airport, and wrote that she had arrived safely.

The drive took about 40 minutes.

The driver was silent, answering only direct questions.

Aisha also spoke little, mostly looking at her phone.

Marina admired the views, the hot city, bright colors, crowds of people, chaotic traffic.

The car turned off the main road onto a secondary road, then again, then drove down a narrow street between old houses.

Marina asked how far it was to the hotel.

The driver replied that they were almost there.

5 minutes later, the car stopped near an unremarkable three-story building with faded paint on the walls and air conditioners sticking out of the windows.

It didn’t look like a hotel.

Marina asked what kind of place it was.

Aisha replied that it was temporary accommodation, that the real hotel was still being prepared, and that they would spend one night here.

Marina was wary, but didn’t show it.

She got out of the car and took her suitcase.

Aisha led her inside the building up a dark staircase to the second floor and opened the door to a room.

Inside was a bed, a table, a chair, and an air conditioner.

The window had bars.

The bathroom was small and adjoining.

Aisha said she needed to rest after the flight, that Vicram would arrive in the evening, and that they would discuss the details of tomorrow’s shoot.

She closed the door.

Marina heard the lock click from the outside.

She tried to open the door.

It was locked.

She knocked and called out.

No one answered.

She tried to call on the phone, but there was no signal.

There was no Wi-Fi.

Only emergency calls were possible, but she didn’t know the Indian emergency number.

She looked out the window, a narrow street below, people walking by, cars passing.

She shouted and knocked on the glass.

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