Overview
- Officers are combing a forest near Witten-Herbede to secure additional evidence linked to the investigation.
- The search targets the site where walkers found a skull in 2023 that was identified as missing Bochum woman Anita S.
- The Bochum regional court has not yet admitted the indictment to trial and it did not order the current operation.
- The public prosecutor has filed manslaughter charges against the former partner, who lived in Witten-Herbede at the time.
- The accused was briefly held in 2020 and has denied harming Anita S., who was last seen in December 2019.