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Munich Prosecutors Charge Suspect in Pasing Killing After Debit‑Card Trail Leads to Arrest

Prosecutors say withdrawals using the victim's cards helped identify a 60-year-old acquaintance now jailed on a murder count.

Overview

  • The 59-year-old woman, who used a wheelchair, was found dead in her Pasing apartment after a care service raised the alarm, and an autopsy determined death by blunt force.
  • Investigators say the suspect took two of the victim’s debit cards, made 28 withdrawals or purchases, and was found with the cards when arrested.
  • A 60-year-old German without a fixed address was detained without resistance in a downtown hotel and is in pretrial custody on a murder charge alleging greed and the enabling of further crimes, plus 28 counts of computer fraud.
  • In Ingolstadt, a judge issued a warrant for a 49-year-old ex-partner suspected of fatally stabbing a 45-year-old woman on the street; he remains under police guard in hospital.
  • Elsewhere, the Mellrichstadt workplace stabbing case goes to trial on March 16 after a confession, Frankfurt police investigate an attempted homicide against a homeless man, Augsburg officers hunt a knife attacker who seriously injured a 49-year-old, Magdeburg prosecutors charge a teen over a fatal beating, and a Rottweil court sentenced a man to five years for a killing deemed a lesser case of manslaughter.