A 41-year-old man suspected of murder and cannibalism after the discovery of human bones in a Berlin park has been arrested, justice announced Friday (November 20th).
Placed in pre-trial detention, he is suspected of "
sexual homicide with aggravating circumstances
", said the Berlin prosecutor's office in a tweet, saying also suspect "
a context of cannibalism
".
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According to the popular daily
Bild
, the suspect is a professor of mathematics and physical sciences.
His alleged victim, Stefan T., a 44-year-old construction worker, had been missing since early September after being seen one last time leaving his apartment, according to police, who had appealed for witnesses, but without success.
It was on November 8 that walkers discovered bones in a park in Pankow, northeast of Berlin, which turned out to be human remains.
The forensic analysis made it possible to identify the missing person.
"
Based on the bones found, without any flesh, and other evidence, we strongly suspect that Stefan T. was the victim of cannibalism,
" a police officer told
Bild
.
Investigators also reportedly entered messages on an online forum proving that the two men had agreed to a date.
The case recalls the case of Detlev Günzel, a former police commissioner, found guilty of having killed and butchered, obviously at his request, a man met on a website of anthropophagy fetishists.
There was no evidence to establish that he had eaten his victim.
Another case that froze Germany in the early 2000s is that of Armin Meiwes, nicknamed "
the cannibal of Rotenburg
", sentenced to life in 2006 for a homicide followed by anthropophagia.
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