Overview
- Authorities confirmed a murder arrest warrant was executed against a woman roughly four weeks after the eight-year-old’s death near Güstrow.
- Officials withheld identifying details, citing the presumption of innocence and the ease of identification in a small community.
- Media reports say the detainee is the father’s 29-year-old ex-partner who previously reported discovering the body, a claim prosecutors have not confirmed.
- About 120 officers searched multiple sites in Reimershagen and nearby Rum Kogel, seizing three vehicles and other items, including sports shoes.
- Investigators say Fabian was likely killed on October 10, his body was left at the pond and apparently set on fire to conceal traces, with tips from a TV appeal being reviewed though the arrest was not attributed to the broadcast.