Inquiries are being conducted. - Arrested individuals linked to a robbery-murder in St. Peter-Ording.
Five months after a deadly robbery of an elderly couple in St. Peter-Ording, law enforcement officers have taken several suspects into custody. Three of these suspects were previously held following their arrest on June 4, as officials detailed in Flensburg yesterday. All four of the men, ranging in age from 30 to 42, were the focus of scrutiny by investigators.
Prior to this arrest, warrants had already been issued for three Germans and one Eastern European. However, the court lifted one arrest warrant at the request of the prosecutor, allowing the accused individual to be released.
At the end of April, the police disclosed that new information about a potential criminal group had come to light during another investigation. The men now detained are believed to have targeted the couple's home in St. Peter-Ording on January 11 at approximately 7:00 p.m. During the attack, the 99-year-old husband, who had been healthy and active, succumbed to his injuries on the scene. His 79-year-old wife was initially taken to the hospital and now requires care, making it impossible for her to return to her home.
During the arrests on June 4, multiple properties were searched by police. "The entire incident and potential motives for the crime are still being examined by the murder commission," the police and prosecutors said during a press conference on Wednesday.
This crime was also featured on the popular German TV show "Aktenzeichen XY... Unsolved." During the robbery on January 11, the thieves made off with a gold chain featuring an eye-catching pendant of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses, fifty rubies from a small bottle, a substantial amount of loose change, and two bottles of wine from the couple's home in the wee hours of January 5. It is believed that these two crimes are connected.
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The local court in Flensburg had previously issued warrants for four individuals, three of them Germans and one from Eastern Europe, in connection with the robbery-murder in St. Peter-Ording. Subsequent arrests were made on June 4, led by the police in Flensburg. The men, aged between 30 and 42, are believed to have targeted the elderly couple's home in St. Peter-Ording on January 11, around 7:00 p.m., during which the 99-year-old husband sustained fatal injuries. The public prosecutor's office in Flensburg had to ask the court to lift one arrest warrant due to lack of evidence.
In the course of the robbery, valuable items like a gold chain, rubies, loose change, and two bottles of wine were stolen. This event was highlighted on Germany's popular TV show "Aktenzeichen XY... Unsolved." The investigation continues, and the police and prosecutors are still conducting inquiries to determine the motives behind the crime and the potential involvement of the arrested men in this robbery-murder case. The District of North Friesland, which includes the cities of Flensburg and St. Peter-Ording, is part of the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Husband and wife survivors of the robbery-murder are still recovering, and it remains unclear if the wife can return to her home in St. Peter-Ording.
