Overview

• Police confirm two contacts with Iris Stalzer on Monday, including an in-person visit to the Wetter station, with a case recorded and measures initiated.
• Prosecutors are investigating on suspicion of dangerous bodily harm and have not sought an immediate court appearance for the 17-year-old.
• Stalzer later identified her adoptive daughter as the attacker, and WDR reports she described hours of abuse in the basement and an attempt to ignite her hair and clothing with deodorant spray and a lighter.
• Forensic findings indicate efforts to clean larger blood traces before the emergency call, and doctors documented 13 stab wounds and head injuries as Stalzer remains hospitalized but out of acute danger.
• The teenager is in a psychiatric facility under guard, both adopted children are in youth welfare care, and NRW’s interior minister has signaled a review of whether appropriate police steps were taken.