The couple who were killed in Upper Franconia were apparently surprised in their sleep. “We assume that the two were attacked in their sleep,” said a police spokesman on Tuesday. The suspect 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder in two cases. “We are assuming a single suspect,” said the police spokesman.
The young man is said to have killed the 47-year-old woman and her 51-year-old husband on Sunday night in their single-family home in Mistelbach near Bayreuth. According to investigators, he was the friend of the couple’s eldest daughter and therefore spent the night in the house. According to the investigators, the four underage children of the doctor and the pediatrician were at home during the act.
Both victims had stab wounds, the investigators assume a “stabbing tool” as a murder weapon. Various knives had been secured in the house, traces were still being evaluated, the spokesman said on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old had surrendered a few hours after the fact. The police and the public prosecutor’s office kept a low profile on Tuesday as well as to the motive and background to the crime. In the days after the fact, many in the town of around 1,500 residents were dismayed. Many expressed their grief and condolences on social networks.