Alleged homicide
Missing 14-year-old found dead in Garagenhof in Aschersleben
The girl’s body discovered is presumably Josefine H.
© Police Saxony-Anhalt
The police in Aschersleben had been looking for a missing 14-year-old for days. Now the girl’s body has been discovered in a garage yard. The investigators assume a crime.
Less than a week after her disappearance, a 14-year-old was found dead in Aschersleben (Saxony-Anhalt). After an initial assessment, the police assume a crime. The investigation into the perpetrator or perpetrators was in full swing, the Magdeburg police station announced on Wednesday. The 14-year-old’s body was discovered in a garage complex on Wednesday afternoon.
The girl had been missing since Thursday last week. On that day, she had wanted to meet her ex-boyfriend to hand over personal items. Her parents later reported her missing.
No statements on the facts
The police announced that they would initially not want to make any further statements about the facts in order not to endanger the investigation. “It’s all open,” said spokeswoman Ilona Wessner. The meeting point with the ex-boyfriend and the location of the corpse were relatively far apart. It is not yet clear whether the 14-year-old has met other people. The ex-boyfriend had already been questioned as part of the missing person search.
According to Wessner, the police cordoned off the location of the body over a wide area. The crime scene group was on site to secure traces in the garage yard. The operation will probably last the whole night.
A similar crime had occurred in neighboring Saxony in mid-September. A 16-year-old was so badly injured in a garage that she died. A 15-year-old was identified as the suspect. The teenager was placed in a mental hospital.