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Autopsy Confirms Suffocation in Königstein Garden Killing With Two Men in Custody

Investigators examine whether provocations preceded the confrontation.

Overview

  • A 47-year-old man died after a dispute on Saturday evening in an allotment garden on Borngasse in Königstein, Hesse.
  • Two suspects aged 58 and 67 were arrested near the scene that evening and were visitors to the victim’s neighboring plot.
  • A judge ordered the men into investigative custody on Sunday on suspicion of gemeinschaftlicher Totschlag.
  • Forensic findings state the victim suffocated due to massive violence to the neck and breathing impeded by pressure on the chest.
  • Authorities disclosed the case three days after the incident as police and Frankfurt prosecutors continue to clarify motive and sequence of events.