Overview

• Officers had expelled the 26-year-old from the apartment Thursday evening over domestic violence, took his keys, and issued a return ban.
• He was reportedly seen again at the address later that night despite the ban.
• Police forced entry when the woman did not answer the door and found her lifeless inside.
• Three children aged two to seven were uninjured and were taken into the care of the youth welfare office.
• The Recklinghausen police and Essen prosecutors formed a homicide commission, issued a suspect description and tipline, and reported no arrest so far.