61-year-old from the neighboring town is suspected

One day after the discovery of three killed in Weitefeld in the Westerwald, a 61-year-old from a neighboring town is under urgent suspicion. According to its own statement, the public prosecutor’s office Koblenz has obtained an arrest warrant for suspicion of the triple murder against the man. « The suspect is still on the run, » she said.

Altenkirchen: 61-year-old is sought as a suspected triple murderer

In Weitefeld in the district of Altenkirchen (Rhineland-Palatinate), two male and a female dead were found in a family home on Sunday. After a screaming woman chose the emergency call at night, the police discovered the three bodies in the early Sunday morning hours, the police said.

According to the information, the victims are a 47-year-old man, whose 44-year-old wife and the 16-year-old son. « According to the current status, both firearms and stab weapons have been used. The autopsy of the corpses has been prompted, but not yet completed, » said the public prosecutor.

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In particular, the analysis of the forensic trace at the scene led to the urgent suspicion of the 61-year-old. The ratio of the man to the three victims was initially open. For a public investigation, the public prosecutor described the alleged perpetrator as 1.74 meters tall and 74 kilograms – with brown hair and blue -gray eyes. He has scars on the right upper arm, left forearm and on an eyebrow. He has a tattoo on the back of the hand: « Katja » in Russian spelling.

The police asked the population in the area on Sunday not to take hitchhikers with them. On the radio, people in the Altenkirchen district were asked to close windows and doors, so the WDR. According to the police, there is no specific danger for the residents and for the people in the region.

When the officials arrived at the scene on Sunday at 3.45 a.m., a person, probably a man, fled from the crime scene. The police were previously informed with an emergency call. So the officials could not rule out that a dying victim still dropped the call for help. A screaming woman called.

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Before that, the police had also explained that it was unclear whether it was more than one perpetrator. « A presumably male person has been seen at the scene, but we cannot rule out that there were other people in the background, » said a police spokesman. The police blocked Weitefeld on Sunday, and patrol cars were posted at the entrances. Every car that wanted to drive in or out was checked.

In addition, the officials were on site with strong emergency services, including Special units of the police (SEK) With protective helmets and machine guns. The closures had been lifted on Sunday evening, but police controls continued to be.

The police asked the mayor Karl-Heinz Kessler in the early morning at around 5 a.m. German press agency (dpa). The municipality of Weitefeld is located in the Westerwald in the Altenkirchen district and has almost 2300 inhabitants. « That takes you away. You know the people here in town. We could never have imagined such an act, » quotes the dpa the independent ob.