Federal police officer (36) is said to have killed her two daughters (10, 12) - the background to the crime is now clearer

A terrible family drama has occurred in the Rosenheim district. A mother must have killed her two daughters - the woman is a federal police officer.

• Three bodies - a mother and her two daughters - were found in a residential building in Vogtareuth in Upper Bavaria.
• The investigators are currently assuming a family drama.
• The mother, a federal police officer, is said to have killed her children (10 and 12 years) with a firearm.

Update from April 5, 8:10 pm: Neighbors have put flowers in front of the house, grave lights are burning, and on a paper heart they have made themselves it can be read: “We will never forget you.” People take part in the tragedy that is taking place in Vogtareuth (District of Rosenheim) in the night of Friday: The 36-year-old Ramona F., a trainer with the Federal Police in Rosenheim, had killed her twelve and ten-year-old daughters and then committed suicide. "Everything else will result from the investigation, which will continue for a few more days," said Martin Emig, spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria South in Rosenheim, yesterday of the OVB. The bodies were autopsied in Munich on Friday. "Now the results of the autopsy are compared with the data from the crime scene," continues Emig.

Update from 3:28 pm: A 36-year-old federal police officer is said to have shot her two daughters - probably with her service weapon. As the picture reports, her husband is said to have made the emergency call around 4.40 a.m. "When the alarmed colleagues arrived, they found three bodies," said police spokesman Martin Emig (42).

Federal police officer is said to have shot daughters: woman is said to have been mentally abnormal

Update from April 4, 9:43 p.m .: The background of the Rosenheim crime is coming to light more and more. As the picture reports, the alleged perpetrator, a federal police officer , probably used her service weapon to kill her daughters with one shot each while sleeping, it is said.

As the picture also reports, the family is said to have lived in the semi-detached house for years. The alleged gunner is also said to have been mentally abnormal in the past. The couple are said to have been in a crisis, according to the Oberbayerisches Volksblatt , the husband lived separately from the family.

No one in the neighborhood seems to have noticed the problems. "It was a normal family. There was no argument, we never noticed anything unusual, " said a resident of rosenheim24.de .

Particularly shocking: less than three years ago, in summer 2017, a similar tragedy occurred in the small village of Vogtareuth. At that time, a 79-year-old shot his grandson (8), as Merkur reported. The boy was in a wheelchair.

Federal police officer shoots daughters and themselves - spouses are said to have been separated

6.55 p.m .: A federal police officer (36) is said to have shot her two ten and twelve year old daughters in Vogtareuth and then killed herself. It is still unclear whether the woman used her service weapon for this. As reported by OVB, the father lived separately from his wife. He was cared for by emergency ministers.

The 36-year-old was involved in a project that aims to make children strong against violent attacks. She also worked as a police trainer in this area.

Drama in Vogtareuth: Neighbors are shocked after the act of violence

3.13 p.m .: After the alleged family drama in Vogtareuth, the family's neighbors are also shocked. Her little grandson is in the house and crying, says a local resident. Until recently, before the Corona crisis banned contact, he played with the two girls and romped in the garden on the trampoline. Now his two playmates are dead.

"It is difficult to cope with," says another neighbor. "The suffering is inconceivable." Her 14-year-old son heard noises at night. He had worried that burglars could steal his new, laboriously saved mountain bike, but then attributed the noise to a passing tractor.

What happened in the house at night is a mystery to everyone. "I saw the children on the street yesterday," says doctor Ernst Trinkl, who lives a few blocks away. He hadn't heard anything.

The family lived in seclusion, say neighbors . There was not much contact. "We greeted each other," says a direct neighbor. The couple moved in about ten or eleven years ago, did everything nicely, installed new windows.

Family drama in Vogtareuth? Mother and two daughters dead

11.02 a.m .: The bodies found in Vogtareuth on Friday morning are a 36-year-old woman and her twelve and ten-year-old daughters. The police headquarters in Upper Bavaria has since confirmed this in a press release . "There is currently a lot of evidence that the 36-year-old mother killed her two daughters with a firearm at around 4:30 a.m. and then took her own life," the report said.

In fact, the suspect is a federal police officer . It was initially unclear whether the murder weapon was the woman's service weapon .

10:06: In the morning, the criminal police in the house are busy securing evidence , as a spokesman said. Experts should clarify exactly how it happened. The police and public prosecutor's office in Traunstein announced a written press release for the afternoon. The officials initially did not want to disclose the age of those involved. Apparently, the parents of the two children killed are federal police officers .

Three bodies found in Vogtareuth - police assume family drama

The first mayor of Vogtareuth, Rudolf Leitmannstetter (independent), was shocked. "You have to have that set first," he said. Everyone in the village knows everyone.

Update 9.13 a.m .: The bodies discovered in a Vogtareuther house are a woman and her two children. "We assume that a family tragedy has occurred," said a police spokesman on Friday morning. According to the current status of the investigation, the mother can be considered a perpetrator. There is no manhunt .

The husband and father are currently receiving psychological care. Maybe he was in the house at the time of the crime. Rosenheim24.de * also reports on the tragic incident in the Upper Bavarian community.

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Vogtareuth / Bavaria: Three bodies found in a Bavarian house - the crime scene sealed off

First report from 8.50 a.m .:

Vogtareuth - On Friday morning (April 3rd) around 4.40 a.m., emergency and rescue workers were called to Vogtareuth in the Rosenheim district. Three dead people were then found in a residential building . The police are under investigation. Everything points to a violent crime .

According to the current status, the investigators apparently suspect a family drama . According to unconfirmed reports, the dead are said to be a woman and her two children. It is currently unclear who called the emergency services. The scene of the crime was cordoned off by police forces.

Editor's note

In general, we do not report suicides so that such cases do not encourage potential imitators. Reporting takes place only when the circumstances receive special public attention. If you or a person you know is suffering from an existential life crisis or depression, please contact the telephone counseling service on 0800-1110111. Help is also provided by the psychiatric crisis service for Munich and Upper Bavaria at 0180-6553000. Further information can be found on the website www.krisendienst-psychiatrie.de.

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