Child's body found: No clear cause of death determined
The autopsy of a child's body found in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt has not provided a clear cause of death. This was announced by the public prosecutor's office in Gera on request. Extensive forensic examinations were carried out. However, these were extremely difficult due to the long time the body had been lying there. The investigations are now almost complete.
The body of the girl was found on January 21 on the outskirts of Bad Blankenburg, a resort town with a population of around 6000. According to earlier information from the public prosecutor's office, the child was around three years old at the time of death.
Arrest warrants have been issued against the mother of the dead child and against the woman's partner on charges of murder by omission. However, the arrest warrant for the mother has been suspended, said the spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office. Although the then 21-year-old was arrested at the beginning of April, she was released from custody. The woman was presumably a minor at the time of the crime. The arrest warrant against the man has not yet been executed: He is currently in custody for other offenses.
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- Despite the thorough autopsy conducted by the forensics team in Saalfeld-RUDOLSTADT, the public prosecutor's office in Gera could not establish a clear cause of death for the three-year-old child found near Bad Blankenburg.
- The presence of the suspended arrest warrant for the mother of the deceased child in this Criminality case from Thuringia has sparked public interest, as she was released from custody despite being charged for her suspected role in her child's cause of death.
- The county's public prosecutor's office is in close contact with the children's services in the region, ensuring that the children of the woman and her partner are safely provided for while the investigation into the cause of death continues.
- A controversial decision by the public prosecutor's office to perform an autopsy on the child's body was met with criticism due to the length of time the body had been exposed to the elements, which made the investigators' work significantly more challenging.
Source: www.stern.de
