Overview
- Bonn police took over a homicide probe after DNA confirmed that body parts found across NRW and Rhineland-Palatinate belong to a 32-year-old woman last registered in Bonn, with her head still missing and the suspected crime scene unresolved.
- Investigators in Velbert reported aconitine from monkshood in a victim’s samples and food, leading to the arrest of a 59-year-old estranged wife on suspicion of attempted murder and the detention of an alleged 59-year-old accomplice from Bavaria.
- In Burgkirchen an der Alz, a 50-year-old woman died from severe neck injuries on a town square, and special forces arrested her 47-year-old ex-partner as detectives pursue a suspected killing.
- A 66-year-old man was critically injured in a Rosenheim homeless shelter, a 32-year-old suspect was arrested nearby, and a judge ordered pretrial detention on suspicion of attempted manslaughter.
- The Offenburg prosecutor filed charges in the Kehl case, alleging that a then-23-year-old broke into an 84-year-old’s home, raped, robbed, and suffocated her, with the indictment citing murder and related offenses.