The police arrested a suspect in Schwäbisch Hall in the case of three senior citizens who were killed. She announced this at a press conference.
After the possible series of murders in the Schwäbisch Hall district, a 31-year-old suspect has been arrested. This was announced by the police and the public prosecutor’s office on Wednesday at a press conference.
Suspects are considered for at least three offences
According to the special commission “Höhe”, the suspect with Serbian nationality is strongly suspected of having killed a 77-year-old woman in the Schwäbisch Hall residential area of Hagenbach shortly before Christmas 2022. He is also said to have killed an 89-year-old senior from Michelbach an der Bilz (Schwäbisch Hall district) on January 25, 2023. He is also considered for the attack on an 83-year-old man from Ilshofen on January 17, 2023. Whether he is also suitable for another murder in Schwäbisch Hall in 2020 will be further investigated.
Special commission finds evidence
The special commission found various pieces of evidence such as tools used in the crime and DNA traces in both Schwäbisch Hall and Michelbach, it said at the press conference. The man was arrested in Schwäbisch Hall, he did not resist. The suspect was brought before a magistrate on Wednesday, who executed the arrest warrant for murder and manslaughter. The man is said to be in a prison.
murder and manslaughter?
The public prosecutor speaks of murder in the December case in Schwäbisch Hall. At that time there was also a lack of money in the elderly woman’s apartment. The murder characteristic of greed is given. In the case of the homicide in Michelbach in January, the murder characteristics were missing so far, which is why we speak of manslaughter.
With this phantom image, the police were looking for a man who is said to have committed an attempted robbery on January 17 in Ilshofen (Schwäbisch Hall district). He is also strongly suspected of having killed two senior citizens in the Schwäbisch Hall district.
Aalen Police Headquarters
Police assume it was a lone perpetrator
The police are currently assuming that the man caught is a lone perpetrator. He probably came to Germany at the beginning of December 2022. It is not yet clear how long he has been living in Schwäbisch Hall.
A senior woman was found dead in Schönbergweg in Schwäbisch Hall in December 2022. According to the investigation, she died violently.
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Special commission “Sokohöhe” determined
The “Soko Height” determined in the case. It was founded in Schwäbisch Hall in December after the 77-year-old died. The special commission was recently increased to 75 people, according to Robert Kauer, spokesman for the responsible police headquarters in Aalen.