Overview
- The 64-year-old, arrested Tuesday, was placed in pretrial detention at the request of the Aachen prosecutor.
- The woman was found dead on March 7 in a well on her property in Höfen, a district of Monschau in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- An autopsy later confirmed a killing after officers first suspected a violent death at the scene.
- A homicide unit’s weeks-long investigation led to the son as the suspect.
- Authorities have not shared further details and say inquiries into the background of the case continue.