Overview
- Police say there is suspicion of a criminal offense and have focused the probe on the 31-year-old ex-partner, who was arrested in Slovenia near his burned red Golf.
- Two men from the suspect’s family circle, identified by media as his brother and stepfather, were detained as investigations widened on Wednesday.
- Austrian prosecutors have requested extradition of the primary suspect, with a decision expected, and local reports say he has indicated consent.
- The missing woman’s phone was recovered in a bush in Graz-Eggenberg, and a colleague reported blood traces in her apartment where her dog was found alone.
- Cross-border search operations continue in the border-area forests, police reported no findings from the burned car linking to her whereabouts, and they denied rumors she had been found.