Investigation is Not Bullet-Proof By Nino Bakradze One fact is certain: Merab Arevadze was killed on May 17, 2012 while on the job as a ranger working in Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park in the Republic of Georgia. Georgian courts have ruled that Arevadze died when a horse ridden by a hunter named Davit Mchedlidze injured him. An autopsy indicated Arevadze bled to death from damage to the main artery in his left pelvis