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Authorities Probe Suspected Murder-Suicide in Michelstadt

Investigators have opened a case with an autopsy to confirm the woman's cause of death.

Overview

  • Officials said a 62-year-old man allegedly killed his 33-year-old partner, then died by suicide.
  • Investigators say the woman was killed in a Vielbrunn apartment, with the man later found dead at a farm site in Weiten-Gesäß.
  • The Darmstadt prosecutor and Erbach criminal police opened investigations and secured both scenes for forensic work.
  • An autopsy of the woman has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.
  • Authorities have released no motive or identities while describing the case as an active investigation.