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Police Seek Silver Car in Cross-State Probe Linking Baby at Monastery to Severed Hands on A45

Investigators issue a witness appeal focused on a silver Bonn-registered car seen turning near the monastery on Sunday evening.

Overview

  • Police and prosecutors in Hagen asked for tips on a silver car with Bonn plates that turned around near the Waldsolms monastery around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, seeking its exact plate, make, route, and driver.
  • The appeal also targets witnesses who noticed anything unusual on the A45 between the Olpe-Süd interchange and Freudenberg from Sunday to Monday.
  • Severed hands found overnight Monday on the A45 near Olpe were identified as belonging to a 32-year-old woman of Eritrean nationality registered with her infant at a Bonn asylum shelter.
  • The three-month-old was discovered unharmed in a stroller outside Kloster Kröffelbach on Sunday and remains in official custody.
  • Investigators say no signs of violence were found in the woman’s room; the woman’s whereabouts are unknown, and the child’s father is missing, with a police search reported by dpa.