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Public prosecutor's office in Fulda: investigation stopped
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In the case of two-year-old Timnit, who was found dead in a sewer, the Fulda public prosecutor's office assumes a tragic accident.
In the course of the investigation, there were no concrete indications of third-party negligence, the authority said.
The death investigation has been set.
The two-year-old left her parents' apartment unnoticed on an evening at the end of November 2020 in wintry weather.
Helpers then searched the area for the little girl.
Eventually, specialist divers discovered the dead child in the canal the following afternoon.
No signs of violence
As part of the investigation, the child minders of the toddler were interrogated and the conditions at the residential address were examined, including the sluggishness and ease of movement of doors, the number of landings and the nature of the stairs as well as the height of a chain link fence located behind the property as a demarcation to the Fulda Canal.
Possible passages through the fence and the lighting conditions behind the house were also examined.
The results of the autopsy also supported the assumption of an accident, said the public prosecutor.
No signs of violence on the body were discovered, but clear indications of a drowning death.
lmd / dpa