Overview
- Body parts were found overnight between the Olpe-Süd interchange and Freudenberg on the A45 in North Rhine-Westphalia, according to police and prosecutors.
- The Hagen police established a homicide unit, and the investigation into identity, cause, and circumstances remains ongoing.
- WDR reports the victim was identified via fingerprints as a woman from Eritrea who had been living in a refugee accommodation and was not listed as missing.
- The motorway was fully closed for forensic work and, per DPA, reopened to traffic at about 7 a.m. Monday.
- Investigators reportedly found no signs of a violent crime during a search, and media note a significant distance between the woman’s residence and the discovery site.