A treasure hunter found a human skull in the forest in Rüsselsheim at the weekend. But instead of going to the police, he first did this:
- Creepy find in the forest of Königstadten near Darmstadt
- Treasure hunter found a human skull in Rüsselsheim.
- Instead of going to the police, he posted a photo of the skull on Facebook.
Update from March 25th : At the beginning of January a human skull was found in a forest near Rüsselsheim. Now the identity has been established. As the police announced on Wednesday, it is the bones of a long-term missing. The 63-year-old woman from Rüsselsheim has been missing since July 2016. According to the current state of the investigation, the criminal police exclude third-party debt from death.
Facebook instead of police: treasure hunter discovers skulls - his reaction is macabre
Rüsselsheim - On Sunday, January 12th, a treasure hunter was out and about with his metal detector in the forest of Königstadten in Rüsselsheim near Darmstadt. But instead of coming across precious metals, he made a gruesome discovery. The probe-seeker found a human skull in the forest . But he did not report the find to the police, but first posted a photo of the skull on Facebook . The posting text read: “The little skull of a small child in the rubble of war in royal cities, in the forest of royal cities. I'm very, very sorry to have found your remains here. "
However, the police have not yet been able to confirm that these are the human remains of a child. Commissioner 10 of the Rüsselsheimer Kriminalpolizei has started the investigation in this case . After the police had examined the site, the human bones were handed over to forensic medicine for further investigation. This is reported by MANNHEIM24 *. So far it is still completely unclear who the dead person is. Also when and how the person died is not yet known. The investigation is ongoing.
Human remains were also found in Frankfurt on Monday, January 14th. It is the bones of a missing 43-year-old.
Rüsselsheim: Treasure hunter posts photo of human skull on Facebook - users are stunned
The treasure hunter caused a lot of displeasure in the community with the post. Some of the users found clear words what they think about posting photos of human remains on social media. Lutz B wrote: “ Posting pictures of dead or remains here is pretty insensitive . I am also not sure whether it is a disturbance of the dead rest . In any case, you should report this find to the Hesse police immediately! ”It is not the first time that the South Hesse police have had to deal with human bones. On September 9, 2017, a stroller found the bones of a baby in Viernheim, as reported by MANNHEIM24. In February 2019, the mother of the dead infant was convicted and was sent to a closed psychiatric facility.
Other users even became really insulting , so angry she made this action: " You should invest your time in education instead of in a metal detector ", commented user Babett R.
Rüsselsheim: After wild insults on Facebook - the treasure hunter is now speaking
But instead of just letting their anger run free, some of the users also took concrete measures. They took screenshots of the post and forwarded them to the South Hesse police . At some point, the treasure hunter himself spoke up and promised the community to report the find to the police on Monday morning . But he assumed that it was a dead man from the Second World War. But this statement did not satisfy the community: " Everything is a question of priorities, first Facebook, then sleeping over it ... and then informing the authorities / police ", said Michaela S. stunned.
The treasure hunter also kept the community up to date on Monday morning: he would have informed the police and would meet with them later in the day. “ Because of this, I couldn't sleep because of the find here. It doesn't leave me alone, ”he added sadly.
Rüsselsheim: Human bones found and not immediately called in the police - is that punishable?
Some users also wondered in the comments whether it is not punishable to find human remains and not to report it to the police straight away . Upon request, a spokesman for the South Hesse police said that there was no criminal offense in this case. The police would not initiate an investigation against the treasure hunter.
* MANNHEIM24 is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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