Three German nationals living in Paraguay were arrested on November 9 and 10 as part of an investigation into the October 22 murder of German musician and archaeologist Bernard von Bredow and his daughter.
"German nationals Volker Granass, 58, Yves Steinmetz, 60, and Jorg Darchinger, 51, are in pre-trial detention as suspects,"
Paraguayan police chief homicide commissioner told AFP. Hugo Grance.
The ongoing investigation could lead to more arrests, according to the prosecutor seized of the case, Lorena Ledesma.
"Looks like a movie plot"
She told reporters that the mobile could be a theft of Stradivarius, exceptional quality violins dating back two to three centuries, each copy of which can be worth several million dollars. The victim, Bernard von Bredow, was also a renowned luthier.
"It looks like a movie plot
,
"
said the prosecutor, expressing her surprise at the turn taken by the investigation. She added that
“the perpetrators of the killings must have been people who knew the victims. We found many clues ”
.
"The house was completely messy, with blood stains in almost every corner, attesting that the owner was forced to move to, in our opinion, give them the key to a safe
,
"
explained to the 'AFP the head of the homicides of the Paraguayan police, the commissioner Hugo Grance.
According to the police, the safe was the target of criminals, but unable to open it, they attacked the owner and his daughter.
Shot dead
The bodies of Bernard von Bredow, 62, who had lived in Paraguay for a few years, and his 14-year-old daughter Loreena, were found in late October at their home in Aregua, 14 km from the capital Asuncion. Both bear traces of extreme violence. The father had a bullet in the neck and traces of probable abuse, forensic scientist Hector Meza told reporters. No doubt to reveal the location of an object or document, according to the Paraguayan police. The girl has a bullet hole in the stomach. The cause of death is most likely due to fatal bleeding.
The prosecutor said she could not say how many violins Von Bredow owned, but said the motive for the crime was
"the search for certificates of authenticity"
that he would have kept at his home, and without which the resale of the Stradivarius would have been. impossible.
Von Bredow was known in Germany, in particular for having discovered in the 70s, in Bavaria, an important part of a mammoth, whose reconstructed skeleton later formed the heart of a local prehistoric museum.
He was also considered in Europe as a renowned luthier and restorer of ancient instruments.
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