The police in Aschersleben had been looking for a missing 14-year-old for days.
Now the girl's body has been discovered in a garage yard.
The investigators assume a crime.
Aschersleben - Less than a week after her disappearance, a 14-year-old was found dead in Aschersleben (Salzlandkreis).
After an initial assessment, the police assume a crime.
The investigation into the perpetrator or perpetrators was in full swing, the Magdeburg police station announced on Wednesday.
The body of 14-year-old Josefine was discovered in a garage complex on Wednesday afternoon.
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The girl had been missing since Thursday last week. According to the police, she wanted to meet her ex-boyfriend that day to hand over personal items. Around three thirty that day, she spoke to another friend on the phone. After that, she could no longer be reached. Her parents later reported her missing. The mother had started searches on social media.
The police announced that they would not initially want to make any further statements on the facts in order not to endanger the investigation.
"Everything is open," said spokeswoman Ilona Wessner.
The meeting point with the ex-boyfriend and the location of the corpse were relatively far apart.
It is not yet clear whether Josefine has met other people.
The ex-boyfriend had already been questioned as part of the missing person search.
According to the police, he is also still a minor.
According to Wessner, the police cordoned off the location of the body over a wide area.
The crime scene group was on site to secure traces in the garage yard.
The operation will probably last the whole night.
A similar crime had occurred in neighboring Saxony in mid-September.
A 16-year-old was so badly injured in a garage that she died.
A 15-year-old was identified as the suspect.
The teenager was placed in a mental hospital.
dpa