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19-Year-Old Suspect Transferred to Germany in Cape Verde Family Killings

Prosecutors in Trier now lead the cross-border case on suspicion of three counts of manslaughter.

Overview

  • Portuguese authorities handed the suspect to Trier officers in Lisbon on Wednesday, who flew him to Frankfurt and placed him in juvenile detention in Wittlich.
  • He is accused of fatally stabbing his father, his father's wife and his stepsister on December 23 on São Vicente, with the bodies found hours later in a Mindelo holiday apartment.
  • He traveled to Lisbon after the killings and was arrested there by Portuguese police on December 25.
  • The Trier public prosecutor is investigating three counts of manslaughter, has requested legal assistance from Cape Verde, and is withholding procedural details to protect the probe.
  • Police in Aachen are also investigating a December 29 burglary at the slain father's office building in Roetgen, and it remains undecided whether the suspect will be tried under juvenile or adult law.