Man Confesses To Murder He Didn't Commit For Ride Home

A Romanian man confessed to a murder he didn't commit -- because he wanted a ride home.

23-year-old Marius Varzar says he had run out of money and wanted to be taken home by police.

Varzar was around 100 miles from home. So when he spotted a police patrol car, he told the policemen that he killed one of his friends and wanted to give himself up.

Varzar was arrested and taken to a nearby town by police where officers were investigating the case of a man recently found dead in the street.

But forensic evidence later revealed the victim was not killed and died from natural causes.

So police interrogated him and the man admitted he was only looking for a free ride home.

"After interrogating the suspect it turned out he drank all his money and wanted to return home, so he invented this crime," Local police spokesman Florin Gavrilet said.

Varzar was charged and fined for misleading police. They wouldn't say how much but said the amount would also cover the transportation the man received.

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