Overview
- Rostock’s district court confirmed receipt of the defense’s custody complaint, sending the case to the regional court’s complaints chamber for review.
- Defense lawyer Andreas Ohm seeks to overturn the arrest warrant and has signaled hope for a decision before Christmas.
- Prosecutors say investigators are pursuing almost 1,000 leads in the homicide inquiry.
- Police searched a meadow near the Klein Upahl pond with metal detectors last week but reported no new findings.
- Media report that investigators are reviewing surveillance footage from a shop near the mother’s home, with officials not confirming any new insights; Fabian disappeared on October 10 and was found dead on October 14, and the 29-year-old ex-girlfriend of his father has been in custody since November 6 under suspicion.