Overview
- Firefighters discovered the woman dead on October 19 after a friend raised concerns and a landlord requested the door be opened at an apartment on Bodelschwinghstraße in Viersen-Dülken.
- Police and prosecutors in Mönchengladbach established a homicide commission and are investigating the death as a killing.
- An autopsy at the Düsseldorf forensic institute determined the victim was severely mistreated and died from suffocation caused by massive violence to the neck.
- The 33-year-old son was taken into custody during the investigation, and a court issued a pretrial detention order on October 21.
- Authorities say the suspect has not provided a statement, and investigative and forensic work remains ongoing.