Overview
- The 57-year-old ex-partner appeared with a lawyer at the Buxtehude district court on December 27 and was arrested on an existing warrant.
- He was taken to the Stade police station for initial questioning and identification procedures before transfer to a Lower Saxony correctional facility.
- Police say he has not provided a statement about the incident, and no motive has been disclosed.
- The 40-year-old victim was attacked with a knife at her apartment door on December 19 on Stader Straße in Apensen and died later in a Buxtehude hospital.
- A nationwide manhunt followed early witness reports describing a dark-clothed, possibly masked attacker, and the couple’s minor children were placed in protective care.