Overview

• Prosecutors in Rostock said a preliminary autopsy found the child discovered near Klein Upahl was subjected to violence, and investigators are treating the death as a homicide.
• Authorities consider it highly likely the body is missing eight-year-old Fabian, with DNA identification expected Friday after relatives did not visually identify the remains.
• Police reported no publicly known suspect, continued processing the scene and digital evidence including the boy’s phone, and maintained limited disclosures for investigative reasons.
• Hundreds gathered in Güstrow for a memorial service as the city mourned, reflecting widespread shock over the case.
• At the Aschaffenburg court, a security proceeding opened for 28-year-old Enamullah O., with prosecutors citing a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, seeking indefinite psychiatric confinement, and stating no clear motive for the January knife attack that killed a two-year-old and a 41-year-old and injured three others.