Stuttgart: Hotel operator is said to have murdered a guest – charges brought

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Public prosecutor's office in Stuttgart: Serious allegations against a 47-year-old

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The public prosecutor's office in Stuttgart has brought charges against a hotel operator for allegedly killing a guest.

The 47-year-old suspect had previously removed more than 100,000 euros from a safe, the public prosecutor said.

When the owner of the money found out about him, he killed him.

According to the indictment, the hotel manager hit his victim with a kettlebell in the underground car park on Easter Sunday and then choked the man.

Then the accused hid the body together with an assistant in a forest near Esslingen.

She was discovered there the following day, which set police investigations in motion.

Charges: murder and embezzlement

The suspect was arrested three and a half weeks later.

According to the information available at the time, the victim had withdrawn and lived in the hotel for a long time without social contacts.

The 47-year-old is in custody on charges of murder and embezzlement.

The district court of Stuttgart must now decide whether to open the main proceedings.

bbr/dpa/AFP