Nf the death of a family in Eberdingen near Ludwigsburg, investigations continue. The background to what happened is still unclear. A police spokesman referred at the weekend to further information earlier in the week. According to the police, the 35-year-old father killed his 33-year-old wife and six-year-old daughter and then himself at the family home on Thursday. The four-year-old son was found seriously injured. He is said to be out of danger after an emergency operation.
According to the Heilbronn public prosecutor’s office, a planned separation could have been in the room. Whether this was the motive for the crime remains to be investigated. The family had been inconspicuous. The police had been informed late Thursday evening shortly before midnight by a friend of the killed wife. She was worried.
It was not initially known how the parents and daughter died. There were no gunshot wounds, it said. An autopsy of the bodies should help to clarify the circumstances of death.
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