Two newborns found in Halle: homicide
Created: 12/29/2021 Updated: 12/29/2021, 5:22 PM
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The discovery of two newborns within two days in different locations caused a sensation in Halle.
The investigators are looking at high pressure for the unknown mothers, the parents.
Many questions are still open.
Halle - The baby found dead in Halle lived after it was born. That was the result of the autopsy of the body, as the public prosecutor announced on Wednesday, referring to the first results of forensic medicine. So it is a newborn, a girl. "The cause of death is still unclear," said prosecutor Dennis Cernota. The investigators assume a crime. The prosecutor said it was being investigated for a homicide. A final result of the forensic medical examination is still pending. “For this, further intensive and extensive investigations are necessary, which will take some time to complete,” he said.
According to the prosecutor, a passerby discovered the baby on Monday afternoon. According to the information, it was on a fence of a waste disposal company in the north of Halle. It is unclear how long it was there in the cold. The police are looking at high pressure for the previously unknown mother, for the parents of the baby. The public prosecutor did not provide any further information on whether the child was born at the place where it was found or how long it had lived, in order not to endanger the further investigation.
At the site and in the vicinity of the recycling center, a large number of police had searched for traces and secured them.
Forensic technicians were on site and several specially trained dogs were on duty.
In addition, video recordings should be evaluated.
The baby body was found in an industrial park, adjacent to an office complex of the German Pension Insurance with a parking garage.
The police went public with a call for witnesses.
Anyone who noticed something in the vicinity of Äußere Hordorfer Straße and Paracelsusstraße in Halle over the Christmas holidays that could be related to the events should report to the police.
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Meanwhile, the officials in Halle were called to another operation because of a newborn on Wednesday morning.
A resident discovered a newborn baby shortly before 9 a.m. in the Halle-Neustadt district of the ground floor of an apartment block in an apartment building.
The child was found alive.
It was taken to a hospital as a precaution, the police said.
In this case, too, the mother, the parents are still unknown, and the circumstances are unexplained.
The police secured traces of the prefabricated building with balconies, residents questioned.
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