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Düsseldorf Man, 79, Confesses in Emergency Call to Killing Wife, Then Attempts Suicide

Prosecutors have launched an investigation with a magistrate hearing expected today.

Overview

  • Police say the man phoned around 23:55 on Saturday and reported he had just killed his 77-year-old wife.
  • Officers found the woman dead in the couple’s apartment in a multi-family building in the Urdenbach district.
  • The suspect had inflicted life-threatening injuries on himself and was taken to a hospital for intensive care.
  • Investigators secured evidence in the apartment, and a homicide unit and prosecutors are leading the inquiries.
  • He is to be brought before an investigating judge today to decide on pretrial detention, and authorities have not disclosed a motive.