Overview

• - Emergency services were alerted around 12:40 p.m. by Stalzer’s adoptive children, and she was found at her home with multiple stab wounds before being airlifted to a specialist hospital in Bochum for intensive care.
• - Hagener police established a dedicated murder commission and said they are investigating in all directions, with no confirmation of a political motive.
• - A teenager was seen being led away in handcuffs from the residence, and both teenagers were taken for questioning and forensic procedures, according to multiple media reports.
• - Investigators are reviewing reports of a prior domestic incident in the summer involving the 17-year-old daughter and a knife, security sources say.
• - National leaders, including Chancellor Friedrich Merz and senior SPD figures, voiced shock and called for swift clarification; Stalzer won the September 28 runoff and was due to take office in November.