Overview
- The Landgericht Meiningen has scheduled additional hearing days through the end of February.
- Prosecutors charge two teenage girls and two young men with bodily harm resulting in death in conjunction with murder.
- Investigators allege the group used animal repellent spray, belts, and a tool and pursued the victim through a residential area.
- An autopsy reported severe abuse, with drowning identified as the cause of death after the 23-year-old was found in a stream.
- The suspects were arrested in mid-July and have been held in Untersuchungshaft since their arrests.