Overview
- Prosecutors in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern say the Fabian investigation could conclude in February, with one accused in custody and no evidence of additional participants.
- Investigators still have not found the murder weapon in Fabian’s death, though they say the cause is known and nearly 1,000 leads have been evaluated.
- An Austrian police officer gave a partial confession, led authorities to Johanna G.’s body and is in pretrial detention after two stolen service pistols were recovered at his parents’ home.
- The officer’s claim that the death occurred during consensual asphyxiation remains uncorroborated as investigators await fuller forensic results, while his new lawyer asserts no defensive injuries were found.
- At the Cottbus murder trial over the death of officer Maximilian Stoppa, the defense argues a prior conviction triggers a bar on re-prosecution, as separate cases in Cologne and Kassel advance with a teenage suspect arrested in a fatal dispute and a father–son duo tried for attempted murder.