Update from April 11, 2023, 3:20 p.m.: Suspect is silent – how was the woman killed?
Three weeks after the violent death of a mother of four in Lower Franconia, the suspected husband has not yet commented on the crime. However, he was still an urgent suspect and was in custody for manslaughter, the Würzburg public prosecutor said on Tuesday. The investigators initially did not want to reveal how the 35-year-old should have killed his wife in Marktheidenfeld (Main-Spessart district). The man’s possible motive will be further investigated.
The couple was found seriously injured in their shared apartment on March 21 after a loud argument. The 33-year-old died a little later in the hospital, the suspect survived. It has not yet been announced whether the man injured himself. The couple’s four children were taken into the care of the youth welfare office.
Update from March 23, 2023, 3 p.m.: The body was autopsied – the cause of death has been determined
After Tuesday (March 21) a Disputes between spouses escalate was, the husband was arrested. He is still receiving medical treatment. Suffered from the violent confrontation both people seriously injured. The 33 year old wife died therefore still on Tuesday in the hospital. According to the Lower Franconia police, the Würzburg Criminal Police Office is investigating in close coordination with the Würzburg public prosecutor’s office.
As previously reported, a witness at the police operations center in Lower Franconia reported a loud family dispute. Officers from the Marktheidenfeld Police Inspectorate and numerous support forces from surrounding departments were quickly on site. In the family’s apartment, the emergency services found two seriously injured people. Both injured people, a 33-year-old woman and her 35-year-old husband, received medical treatment at the scene from emergency doctors and were then taken to hospitals by the ambulance service. The 33-year-old succumbed to her injuries in hospital a short time later.
A one year old childwhich was in the apartment at the time of the altercation, as well as the three other children of the couple, handed over to the care of the youth welfare office.
The Würzburg Criminal Police Department is conducting extensive investigations into the background and the circumstances of the dispute and the possible instruments used in the crime. According to the current state of knowledge, the injuries were caused by a pointed object taught.
By order of the public prosecutor’s office, the body of the wife was autopsied to clarify what happened on Wednesday. Accordingly, the violence on the woman had led to her death. The public prosecutor’s office in Würzburg is currently examining whether an arrest warrant will be issued against the arrested person.
Original notification from March 21, 2023
In Lower Franconian Marktheidenfeld (Main-Spessart district) a momentous marital dispute broke out on Tuesday afternoon (March 21, 2023). As reported by the police in Lower Franconia, a reference to the dispute between two spouses in Luitpoldstrasse triggered a major police operation.
Two seriously injured people had to be taken to hospitals. The Luitpoldstraße was temporarily closed for rescue measures. The Würzburg criminal police are investigating the background.
Dispute between spouses in Marktheidenfeld: large-scale operation in Luitpoldstraße, woman dies in the hospital
According to the police, a witness reported against 11 clock the police operations center in Lower Franconia noisy family argument. Officers from the Marktheidenfeld Police Inspectorate and numerous support forces from surrounding departments were quickly on site.
In the family’s apartment, the emergency services came across two seriously injured people. Both injured people, a 33-year-old woman and her 35-year-old husband, received medical treatment at the scene from emergency doctors and were then taken to hospitals by the ambulance service.
The 33-year-old succumbed to her injuries in hospital a short time later.
One-year-old child during arguments in the apartment – youth welfare office takes care of three other children
A one year old childwho was in the apartment at the time of the argument, was handed over to the youth welfare office, along with the couple’s three other children.
For the extensive emergency medical measures, Luitpoldstraße was temporarily closed to traffic blocked. The fire brigade and the THW supported the rescue and recovery measures. Also was the support group of the police headquarters in Lower Franconia and set up a contact point for relatives and affected emergency services in the town hall.
In the meantime, the Würzburg criminal police took over the investigation into the background to the dispute.
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