A 63-year-old man is said to have killed his wife, his two sons, his sister and then himself in the area around Reutlingen. As announced by the police, the dead were found in Reutlingen, Pfullingen and St. Petersburg. Johann in Baden-Württemberg.
A man is said to have killed his wife, his two sons, his sister and then himself in the wider Reutlingen area. As police announced on Wednesday, the dead were found on Tuesday in Reutlingen, Pfullingen and St. Petersburg. Johann in Baden-Württemberg.
According to police and the prosecutor’s office, an investigation is underway “into suspicion of murder within the family.” The 63-year-old German man was suspected of the crime; There is currently no evidence of a third party perpetrator.
As police announced, a nurse initially found the man’s 60-year-old sister dead in her apartment in Reutlingen on Tuesday morning. It turned out that the woman suffered fatal injuries. Suspicions immediately arose against the woman’s brother.
The man was a hunter, so he could legally own the gun
During a search of his home in Pfullingen on Tuesday evening, special forces discovered the bodies of a 63-year-old man and his 57-year-old wife. Both had gunshot wounds, and investigators found the suspected murder weapon next to the dead victim. Whether the man legally possessed the weapon as a hunter is currently being examined.
Emergency services then searched the man’s business premises in St. Petersburg. Johann. There they found the bodies of the man’s sons, ages 27 and 29. They also suffered gunshot wounds.
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