Overview

• A 23-year-old suspect was remanded to pretrial custody after DNA matches and an autopsy confirmed blunt-force injuries, asphyxiation and sexual assault in the death of an 84-year-old woman in Kehl.
• Authorities have ruled that neither accident, suicide nor foul play can yet be excluded in the case of a 13-year-old found on railway tracks in Saxony, and Kriminalpolizei investigations remain active.
• Investigators in Bavaria recovered an 18-year-old’s body from the Danube, completed an autopsy that points to a likely accident and have opened proceedings against his companion for failure to render aid.
• A 38-year-old man is in custody on attempted homicide charges after evidence showed he purposefully ran over a 43-year-old with a quad near Zeller Weiher in Karlshuld.
• Potsdam prosecutors have launched a suspected homicide investigation and offered a €5,000 reward following the discovery of remains belonging to a woman who vanished in 2021.