Overview
- Authorities confirm a 29-year-old woman is in custody on suspicion of murder after searches in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and a court issued a detention order.
- Prosecutors say the suspicion rests on indicia and report that the detainee has not made a statement, with officials withholding identifying details to protect the investigation.
- A passerby found a charred leather glove near the Klein Upahl pond and gave it to RTL journalists, who turned it over to investigators for examination.
- Investigators state the boy’s body was burned, likely to destroy traces, and believe he was transported to the site after being killed on the day he disappeared.
- Media report the arrested woman is the father’s former partner, the mother’s lawyer describes shock mixed with relief at the arrest, and police continue to process tips from televised appeals and recent property searches, including a seized SUV.