Overview
- Firefighters called shortly before midnight to Lerchenauer Straße found a two-by-three meter wooden shelter and nearby brush burning, then discovered a woman’s body during overhaul.
- The victim has not been identified and the exact cause of death remains undetermined, though ongoing autopsy results indicate violence.
- Kommissariat 11 is leading the case as forensic teams process the heavily damaged site and a specialist prepares a fire report.
- Police appealed for witnesses who were in the Lerchenauer Straße area around the time of the blaze and asked for tips at 089 2910-0.
- The shelter was tucked between a construction site and a railway, and a national homelessness group urged investigators to pursue the case with the same intensity as crimes against housed people.