Overview
- In the Brotterode case, a murder indictment against a 50-year-old suspect has been filed and awaits admission by the regional court in Meiningen.
- Prosecutors there allege a greed-driven, cruel killing, and an autopsy found the 78-year-old victim bled to death from multiple cutting injuries; the suspect remains in pretrial detention and has not commented.
- In Göttingen, the trial over the January killing of an 81-year-old in Dramfeld continued with witnesses describing the accused former subtenant’s conspicuous behavior.
- The prosecution’s application alleges a rent dispute preceded the attack and that the 23-year-old stabbed the victim at least 19 times with at least three kitchen knives.
- Authorities say the Dramfeld suspect was arrested in Spain ten days after the killing, extradited to Germany, moved from JVA Vechta to the Moringen security hospital, and the trial is scheduled to resume at the end of November.