Overview

• The body was located Thursday afternoon in a forested area near Lauben after searches of the couple’s home, a farm site and nearby woodland with cadaver dogs.
• Investigators cite an urgent suspicion against the 38-year-old life partner, who was provisionally detained on suspicion of a killing.
• Formal identification and forensic clarification of the cause and circumstances of death remain pending under the direction of police and prosecutors.
• Kripo Memmingen’s investigative group Koppel is leading the probe after weeks of searches that began when the 36-year-old disappeared on August 5.
• The woman’s car was previously found at a leisure property near a horse paddock and her wallet later in Landsberg am Lech, while reports of a confession have not been confirmed by officials.