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Garden property on the outskirts of Bad Blankenburg: This is where the child's body was found
Photo: Bodo Schackow / dpa
In Bad Blankenburg, Thuringia, the police found a child's corpse on Friday after a search lasting several days.
The mother's partner is currently suspect, said the Thuringian State Criminal Police Office (LKA) on Saturday.
The homicide commission of the LKA is investigating the suspicion of killing the child.
The suspect is in custody for another crime, the LKA said.
The body was discovered on Friday on the outskirts of Bad Blankenburg in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district.
Exactly where, the investigators initially gave no information.
Traces were secured, it said.
A plot of land in a garden area with bungalows was sealed by the police on Saturday.
There is a cabin and an old car on the property.
According to the State Criminal Police Office, the child had been searched for several days.
However, for investigative reasons, the LKA only made the case public on Saturday.
A suspicion had been in the room for several days, according to the LKA.
For investigative reasons, the State Criminal Police Office initially did not want to make any further information on the sex or age of the child public.
According to the "Bild" newspaper, the child is said to have been three years old.
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