Police arrest suspect after alleged murder
Shortly after midnight, a call comes in to the police in the small town of Weingarten in the Kreis Karlsruhe. The discovery of a body in an apartment subsequently triggers a large-scale police operation. Hours later, they manage to arrest a suspect.
In Weingarten, in the district of Karlsruhe, a woman is believed to have fallen victim to a homicide. In the morning, officers in the 10,000-inhabitant community took a suspect into custody, as police and prosecutors announced. He is to be presented to a judge on Wednesday, according to a police spokesperson.
Police found the 52-year-old woman in an apartment in Weingarten during the night on Tuesday. Someone from the vicinity of the house had heard the alarm call shortly after midnight, according to a police spokesperson. The police immediately launched an intensive search in the night. A police helicopter was also in use.
Victim and suspect were likely acquainted
The suspect is a 25-year-old man from Montenegro. It was relatively clear that the victim and the suspect knew each other personally, according to a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office. The suspect was reportedly arrested in the vicinity of the apartment. He had apparently hidden himself in some kind of shed. The allegedly murdered woman was older than the suspect, the police spokesperson said.
The spokesperson for the prosecutor's office initially declined to provide further details about the woman's identity. Nor did the police disclose exactly what relationship the suspect and the woman had to each other. For investigative tactical reasons, they also did not make any statements about the possible cause of death or motive.
Following the discovery of the woman's body in Weingarten, the case of 'Murder and manslaughter' has gained international attention. The arrest took place in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, where the suspect will face trial.
The victim and the suspect of this 'Murder and manslaughter' case had a personal relationship, as revealed by the prosecutor's office. The international community is following the developments closely, as the case unfolds in Germany.
