District of Ludwigsburg
18-year-old is held for days and raped – perpetrators arrested
A police officer in Baden-Württemberg (symbol image)
© Marijan Murat / DPA
Terrible crime in Baden-Württemberg: A man is said to have kidnapped an 18-year-old in Marbach, held her for three days and raped her. The 37-year-old was arrested.
A man is said to have kidnapped an 18-year-old girl in Baden-Württemberg, held her for three days and raped her. The 37-year-old was born last Wednesday in Marbach in the Ludwigsburg district, as the police in Stuttgart and the Heilbronn public prosecutor announced on Monday. He is now in custody.
According to the investigation, the man is said to have intimidated the 18-year-old on Monday last week in a playground in Stuttgart and asked her to go with her. He brought the woman to an apartment in Marbach, where he held her under threat and raped her several times. When they were in public together, he is said to have forced his victim to steal food.
Marbach: Arrest accompanied by the victim
According to the police, extensive investigations led to the trail of the suspect. A police patrol recognized the man on Wednesday at the Marbach train station, where he was traveling with his victim. He was arrested and produced before a magistrate on Thursday, who issued an arrest warrant on suspicion of kidnapping and rape. The motives and exact background of the act are not yet known.