Overview
- Authorities identified the body as Johanna G., 34, after the 30-year-old Cobra officer gave a partial confession and directed police to a burial site in a forest near his parents’ property.
- Prosecutors in Graz have requested pre-trial detention as the suspect remains in custody under a murder investigation.
- Police say digital traces and chat logs showed the pair met on January 9; the suspect initially denied a meeting, later admitted contact, and reportedly said he discarded her phone.
- An autopsy has been ordered as cause of death, motive, and the exact location of the fatal incident remain unresolved; the suspect claims the death was accidental during sexual asphyxiation, a version still being examined.
- Investigators found weapons during searches, including items linked to earlier offenses, and the case has drawn heightened attention due to the suspect’s service in the elite Cobra unit and past TV appearance.