Overview
- The Landeskriminalamt Steiermark says the suspect’s partial confession during a new interrogation revealed the location of a female corpse in Styria.
- The 30-year-old Cobra officer and former Ninja Warrior Austria contestant remains in pretrial detention on suspicion of murdering 34-year-old Johanna G.
- Investigators say chat transcripts and other digital traces confirm the pair met on January 9, the day before the woman was reported missing by her mother.
- Authorities report the suspect initially downplayed contact, later admitted to the meeting, and made contradictory statements before the partial admission.
- Forensic identification and an autopsy are pending, while investigators deem an alleged accidental strangulation with a scarf implausible and reports of a pregnancy unconfirmed.