Overview
- Police say the suspect allegedly confessed and directed them to a remote forest where Pieper’s remains were found inside a suitcase.
- Slovenian officers arrested the 31-year-old near his burning car in a Šentilj casino parking lot before he was extradited to Austria.
- Two male relatives of the suspect, identified by local media as his brother and stepfather, remain in Austrian custody for questioning.
- Investigators report the suspect crossed the border multiple times in recent days, and a forensic examination of his car yielded no clues.
- Pieper vanished after returning from a holiday party, having texted friends about a "creep in the stairwell" as neighbors later reported hearing an argument.