Violence - Investigator: Man killed wife in Mainz hotel with knife
The 26-year-old cleaning woman from Mainz was killed by her husband at her workplace, according to the autopsy. She died consequently last Friday due to multiple stab and cut wounds to her neck and abdomen, as stated by the prosecution and police in Mainz. The 30-year-old man died despite approximately 40 minutes of resuscitation attempts due to a nearly ten centimeter long neck wound. The investigations suggest that he inflicted the wound upon himself.
The 26-year-old woman was reportedly able to flee to the hotel lobby at first but was further attacked there. She had defensive injuries on her upper limbs.
No defensive injuries were found on the 30-year-old during the autopsy. "Under what circumstances the man may have inflicted the fatal neck wound upon himself is still under investigation," it was stated.
When the police and paramedics arrived at the hotel, the woman was already dead. Her husband showed vital signs but died afterwards during the resuscitation. The woman could not be revived. The knife was reportedly found nearby on the floor.
Further details about the possible background and motive for the crime as well as their nationality were initially withheld by the investigators. The couple did not have a residence in Germany.
The investigations regarding the couple's background and motive for the crime are being handled by the Police and the Public Prosecutor's Office in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The incident of violence resulted in the woman's death and the man's attempted suicide, both falling under the scrutiny of Criminality investigations. Despite the husband's attempt at obduction by inflicting a near-fatal neck wound upon himself, he was subsequently taken to the hospital for treatment. The case of this tragic incident in Mainz continues to be a focus of investigation for the authorities.
