Overview
- A railway employee discovered the body during a routine track inspection near Siekhöhenallee at about 12:45 p.m. on Monday.
- Police identified the deceased from carried documents as a 25-year-old man registered in Hannover with no known ties to Göttingen.
- At the prosecutor’s request, the Göttingen local court ordered a forensic autopsy, and authorities have not released findings.
- Initial investigations indicate the body had been at the location for several days before it was found.
- The line was closed for roughly two hours for recovery and inquiries, causing delays on a corridor used by ICE and freight trains.