Two dead children were found in Lower Bavaria. A woman had previously alarmed the officials. The suspect has now turned himself in.
- Two dead children were discovered in an apartment in Lower Bavaria.
- The suspect father turned to the police hours later.
- A woman had previously called the officials.
Update from June 16, 2020, 1:42 p.m .: Around a month after the discovery of two dead children in Lower Bavaria , the police released the cause of death . "The autopsy at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Erlangen showed that the two children were suffocated ," said the officials on Tuesday. The result of the toxicological examination of forensic medicine is still pending. No further information could be given due to the ongoing investigation. The children's father is still in custody .
Two dead children found in Schwarzach: police name cause of death
According to earlier information from the police , the 36-year-old had turned up at the office in mid-May . He had previously called a friend who feared after the conversation that the man would kill himself. She alarmed the officials who discovered the bodies of an eight-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl in the apartment in Schwarzach (Straubing-Bogen district).
An investigative judge issued an arrest warrant for the man on suspicion of manslaughter. According to the police at the time, the father and the mother, who lived separately from him, had taken turns taking care of the two children.
Two dead children found in Bavaria - suspect faces the police
Update from 2:53 p.m .: According to the police, officials found the dead children in the night from Thursday (May 14) to Friday, around midnight, in the apartment in Schwarzach . A woman (28) told the police around 10:30 p.m. that a 36-year-old acquaintance called her. Due to the phone call, the 28-year-old fears that the man has suicidal intentions .
Two dead children found in Schwarzach: Search unsuccessful - then the suspect turns himself in
The officers checked the man's address and found a boy (8) and a girl (6) dead. According to the police, there was suspicion that the children had died as a result of outside influences. According to the police, the Straubing criminal police first suspected the father of the children at night . A large-scale search was initially unsuccessful. Shortly before four o'clock the 36-year-old turned to the police in Straubing, he was arrested.
The Straubing criminal police conduct the investigation in close cooperation with the Regensburg public prosecutor's office - Straubing branch. The suspect will be brought before the judge at the district court in Regensburg this afternoon. The exact course of the crime and the background to the crime are currently the subject of investigations.
Schwarzach: Woman calls the police - officials discover two dead children
First registration from May 15, 2:45 p.m.
After the discovery of two dead children in Lower Bavaria, her father is suspected of being committed . The police said that he was to be brought before a judge during Friday. The previous evening, a woman had alarmed the officers "that a 36-year-old acquaintance had called them and that they feared that the man had suicidal intentions on the phone ". The forces found the bodies of an eight-year-old and a six-year-old in the apartment in Schwarzach (Straubing-Bogen district).
Two dead children found in Lower Bavaria: father turns to the police
"There was a suspicion that the children died from outside influences ," it said. A police spokesman initially did not give any further information. The father was initially lost, but turned to the police hours later.
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