Twelve-year-old Luise was stabbed by girls of the same age – SWR Aktuell

According to the Koblenz public prosecutor, 12-year-old Luise from Freudenberg was stabbed several times. Two friends of the victim are suspects.

As the senior public prosecutor Mario Mannweiler announced at a press conference, Luise died as a result of the stab wounds and the resulting loss of blood. An autopsy on Monday confirmed this assumption by the investigators.

Two girls confessed to the crime

According to the information, two girls aged twelve and thirteen are suspects. The girls can be assigned to Luise’s circle of acquaintances. According to the homicide commission, the children were questioned again on Monday in the presence of their parents and psychological supervisors after contradictory statements. According to the police, the girls also admitted to the crime.

At the press conference, the public prosecutor emphasized several times that the crime was also unusual and shocking for the investigating authorities.















Alleged perpetrators are criminally responsible

Since the two alleged perpetrators are younger than 14 years old, according to the chief public prosecutor, they are Mannweiler not criminally responsible. That means the law prohibits criminal sanctions. The youth welfare office in Siegen is now responsible. According to the current state of investigation, no adults were involved in the crime.

According to the information, the children are in “a protected environment”. According to Mannweiler, further information on the alleged perpetrators and their whereabouts will not be disclosed to protect personal rights. Nothing could be said about the motive of the two girls either.



At first it was assumed that Luise was on her way home after visiting a friend. But her body was found in the opposite direction.


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The location where the body was found is also the scene of the crime

On Sunday afternoon, the girl was found during a major search on an embankment next to a cycle path near Wildenburg in Rhineland-Palatinate. The public prosecutor confirmed at the press conference that the place where the body was found was also the scene of the crime.

According to the murder commission, the murder weapon has not yet been found. The police searched the area around the crime scene again with a large contingent. The public prosecutor’s office in Siegen will take over the further investigations.



Police officers are looking for further clues at the place where the murdered girl Luise was found.  (Photo: SWR, picture alliance/dpa | Roberto Pfeil)

Police officers are looking for further clues at the place where the murdered girl Luise was found.


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Luise was visiting a friend

Luise comes from Freudenberg in Siegerland. According to the police, she had visited a friend in the Hohenhain suburb on Saturday. Initially, it was assumed that she made her way home from there at around 5:30 p.m., which was around three kilometers long. The shortest way to Freudenberg is through a piece of forest. However, the body was not found there, but in the opposite direction.

Great sympathy in the district of Altenkirchen

The news of the death of twelve-year-old Luise from Freudenberg was received with horror, bewilderment and great sadness in the Altenkirchen district. District Administrator Peter Enders (CDU) expressed his sympathy and sincere condolences to the relatives in a written statement: “I would like to ask all fellow citizens to include Luise and her family in their prayers or to commemorate them in a different way.”

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Two police officers stand near where a body was found.  (Photo: dpa Bildfunk, picture alliance/dpa | Roberto Pfeil)

According to media reports, there are two suspects in the case of the killed twelve-year-old from Freudenberg. According to the police, a press conference is to be held today.


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The mayor from the neighboring town of Friesenhagen, Norbert Klaes (SPD), was stunned after the press conference. The Wildenburger Land is a peaceful region, nobody could have imagined that something like this could happen. The region will not let go of this act anytime soon.

Psychological support for classmates

Already on Sunday evening there was a funeral service in Freudenberg, Luise’s place of residence. The mayor of the city of Freudenberg, Nicole Reschke, had the flags flown at half-mast on Monday. She told the WDR: “We are deeply shaken in Freudenberg and our thoughts are with the relatives.”

At the comprehensive school in Freudenberg, which Luise had attended, lessons took place on Monday and Tuesday, but psychologists offered talks to classmates, as a spokesman for the Arnsberg district government said. This applies in particular to the class of twelve-year-olds who were killed.

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