A couple made a creepy find while walking through the forest in Bad Neualbenreuth. The object could be the remnant of a terrible crime - the police are investigating.
- On Sunday afternoon a couple went for a walk in a forest near Bad Neualbenreuth .
- In doing so, they made a cruel find - they found a human skull .
- The police have started the investigation and called in forensic doctors.
Bad Neualbenreuth - A walk through the forest is usually a good opportunity to come down and relax a bit after a hard working week in nature. For a couple in Bad Neualbenreuth , a walk on Sunday, August 16, was probably less pleasant. They found a human skull in a wooded area between the city and Altmugl . As the police announced on Monday, investigators then searched the forest for more body parts . Investigations of coronershould reveal further details of the cruel find .
Bad Neualbenreuth: Couple finds human skulls - what happened in the forest?
After finding the human skull , the police cordoned off the forest . It is currently unknown whether a person died in the forest and the couple accidentally came across the remains . Currently investigating coroner cruel Fund, as a spokesman for the police headquarters Upper Palatinate the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) said. According to the police spokesman , more details about the skull and the story behind the find could only be said after the investigation.
Last year a man found human bones in a forest near Kipfenberg near Eichstätt / Ingolstadt . The police then dug up another skeleton - and investigated two murders.
Bad Neualbenreuth: Couple finds human skull - is it a long-time missing?
As the BR reports, the Onetz.de portal suspects that the skull belongs to a man who disappeared in Bad Neualbenreuth ten years ago . According to the portal, a senior disappeared in July 2010 and was sought in vain. The 80-year-old with dementia was last seen at the Schlosshotel Ernestgrün . After the man did not return to the hotel that evening, ambulance and police were called .
According to the portal, a police helicopter was also looking for the missing man. The search was unsuccessful . The man is still missing. However , it is not known whether the skull found in the forest came from him. The police wanted to, according to the BR not comment on that. The results of the investigations are still pending.