Two dead children and injured father discovered in Bavaria: Was the heating defective?
Police give details
Created: 01/24/2022 15:16
By: Thomas Eldersch
The bodies of the two children were discovered in this house.
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Two children's bodies were discovered in an apartment in the Aschaffenburg district on Monday.
The children's father is receiving medical treatment.
Update from January 24, 3:11 p.m .:
The first signs pointed to an accident in the house in Karlstein am Main, Bavaria, said police spokesman Philipp Hümmer on Monday.
The bodies of the children should be autopsied on Monday to clarify the cause of death.
A result should be available on Tuesday.
"The mother wasn't there.
The parents live separately," said Hümmer, who drove to the site in the morning.
A relative found the children in the house around 6:30 a.m. and alerted the emergency services.
"The house is locked," said Hummer.
"Forensics are there." In addition, forensic medicine and a public prosecutor are on site.
Two dead children in Lower Franconia: everything points to an accident
Update from January 24, 10:39 a.m .:
More and more details about the tragic death of the two children in Karlstein am Main are coming to light.
It is now known that a relative found the lifeless bodies in the apartment.
The victims are a five-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy.
The children's father (49) is currently undergoing medical treatment, according to the Lower Franconia police.
The criminal police took over the further investigations in cooperation with the public prosecutor's office in Aschaffenburg.
An accident is currently assumed.
Police find two children's bodies in Karlstein am Main in Lower Franconia
Update from January 24, 9.40 a.m .:
The first information from police circles about the two children’s bodies found in Lower Franconia leaked out, according to the dpa.
The cause of death could be carbon monoxide poisoning.
The heater may have failed.
This assumption has not yet been confirmed by the police.
According to the dpa, the father should be affected in addition to the children.
He is said to have been badly injured.
The children are believed to be a girl and a boy.
Nothing is known about the mother so far.
The potential accident occurred in the district of Dettingen, the dpa said.
In addition, a police spokesman has now traveled to the town on the border with Hesse.
More information could follow shortly.
First report from January 24, 8.44 a.m .:
Karlstein am Main – Two children’s bodies were discovered on Monday in the municipality of Karlstein am Main (Aschaffenburg district *).
It is not yet clear how the children died.
The first signs point to an accident, according to the police.
Further details were not initially announced.