On 4 December 2025, the investigation into the unintentional causing of the death of Barbara Skrzypek was discontinued – informed the Warsaw-Praga District Prosecutor’s Office. “The assessment of the evidence indicates that no objectively established circumstances or external events occurred that could have influenced her death,” the statement read.
Barbara Skrzypek, a longtime associate of the leader of Law and Justice (PiS), died on 15 March. Three days earlier, on Wednesday, 12 March, she had been questioned as a witness in an investigation concerning the Srebrna company linked to Law and Justice (PiS). The questioning at the Warsaw District Prosecutor’s Office was conducted by prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek, with the participation of, among others, attorney Jacek Dubois.
The Praga prosecutor’s office conducted the investigation regarding the unintentional causing of death (Article 155 of the Criminal Code). Extensive evidence was gathered, including witness testimonies, expert opinions in forensic medicine and toxicology, CCTV recordings and their inspection, as well as telecommunication data and their analyses – wrote prosecutor Karolina Staros, spokesperson for the Warsaw-Praga District Prosecutor’s Office.
Decision Reached
The spokesperson also reported that “during the examined period, no actions by third parties occurred that could have caused the death of Barbara Skrzypek. The assessment of the evidence indicates that no objectively established circumstances or external events occurred that could have influenced her death.”
Therefore, on 4 December, after nearly nine months, the investigation was discontinued. “The assessment of the collected evidence leads to the conclusion that there are no sufficient and objective grounds to assume that a potential stressful situation, such as the questioning, could have directly led to her death,” explained prosecutor Staros. In the further part of the statement, she made it clear that Barbara Skrzypek died of a heart attack that was not caused by stress related to her participation in the questioning. The reason given was “disease processes occurring in the body,” including very advanced atherosclerosis.
“The evidence did not show any actions by third parties that could have caused the death of Barbara Skrzypek,” Staros concluded.