Overview

• A homicide commission is leading the investigation into the robbery murder after the victim was found dead in his apartment in mid-May.
• Investigators deployed about 30 officers with divers, metal detectors and a drone to scour the Breitkopfbecken pond and its banks.
• The 50-year-old, who lived on Breitkopfstraße since the late 1990s, was nearly blind and was known in the Reinickendorf neighborhood.
• A friend reported the man missing after days without contact, prompting the robbery murder inquiry.
• Authorities have urged anyone who saw suspicious individuals near the apartment complex or pond around May 15 to come forward.