Dead 15-year-old from Salzgitter: Public prosecutors suspect insidiousness in the act – "Nothing happened spontaneously"
Created: 06/24/2022, 06:13
By: Marcus Giebel
A 15-year-old student from Salzgitter died violently, two teenagers who were even younger are considered suspects - one is now being psychiatrically examined.
The act was said not to have been committed spontaneously.
Update from June 23, 6:30 p.m.:
After the violent death of a 15-year-old student in Salzgitter, there is deep concern.
The public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig accuses a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old boy of insidious murder for base motives.
The older alleged perpetrator is in custody, the younger one is not yet of criminal age.
Now it has become known that the younger of the two suspects is currently being examined by a psychiatrist.
This was announced by the youth department head of the Lower Saxony city, Dirk Haerdrich, on Thursday.
According to administrative information, the youth welfare office had submitted an urgent application to the Salzgitter family court on Wednesday for the 13-year-old to be placed in a child and adolescent psychiatric facility.
A decision is expected quickly, it said.
Violent death of a 15-year-old from Salzgitter: Deep dismay at the victim's school
Update from June 23, 3:45 p.m .:
After the death of a 15-year-old and the suspicion of a 13- and a 14-year-old, there is deep concern in the affected school.
In addition, the state school authorities reported an extreme burden.
Spokeswoman Bianca Trogisch said: "The situation is difficult for everyone at school and hard to believe."
In order to be able to deal with the events, the school is being intensively supported by a regional crisis and emergency team.
Emergency psychologists were already on site on Wednesday.
On Thursday, specialist teaching was largely resumed.
Violent death of a 15-year-old from Salzgitter: investigators are keeping a low profile on the exact course of events
Update from June 23, 3:30 p.m .:
The investigators are still covered about the exact course of events surrounding the violent death of a 15-year-old from Salzgitter.
The public prosecutor's office did not comment on the question of how the two suspects came into focus so quickly.
In addition, there was no confirmation of a report by
Bild
, according to which a third young person is said to have witnessed the crime.
According to the tabloid, this teenager was also a victim of the two suspects and was also initially arrested.
However, since he was not accused of being the perpetrator, he was released again.
Dead 15-year-old from Salzgitter: prosecutors suspect insidiousness in the act - "Nothing happened spontaneously"
First report from June 23:
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After the death of a 15-year-old girl in Lower Saxony: two young people (13 and 14) suspects
Salzgitter - It sounds unbelievable: A 13- and a 14-year-old are said to be responsible for the death of a 15-year-old.
After the girl's body was found in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, the two teenagers are considered urgent suspects.
Only the older of the boys is threatened with punishment, since children under the age of 14 are not considered criminally responsible in Germany.
It is now clear that the 15-year-old suffocated.
This was the result of the autopsy, explained Hans Christian Wolters from the Braunschweig public prosecutor's office.
The cause of death was lack of oxygen.
A corpse was found in Salzgitter: the background to the act was probably “in the personal area”
Although the background has not yet been finally clarified, it should be "in the personal area".
It is known so far that the perpetrator and the victim come from the same neighborhood and have been in contact with each other.
They attended the same school.
According to the prosecutor's spokesman, the exact relationship between the two boys and the girl has yet to be clarified.
Meanwhile, the picture
already writes
that there was a "kind of hostility".
So far, the public prosecutor's office assumes a murder and suspects base motives.
There is no evidence of a sex crime.
According to initial findings, the act was insidious because the victim's suspicion and defenselessness was exploited.
Wolters emphasizes: "Nothing happened spontaneously."
Memorial: An angel, candles and flowers were laid near where the body was found.
© Julian Stratenschulte/dpa
15-year-old from Salzgitter dead: 14-year-old in custody – does the 13-year-old have to go to a closed facility?
The 15-year-old's body lay in a green area behind a supermarket, not far from residential buildings.
According to
image
information, the youngster with Russian roots is said to have lived nearby.
The suspects are German-Russians.
The 14-year-old is in custody awaiting trial.
The youth welfare office would have to decide on further measures for the 13-year-old.
It is therefore possible to stay in a closed facility.
Dirk Hädrich, head of the youth department in Salzgitter, explained: "Compulsory placement is only permitted by a family court decision." For the time being, the boys were silent about the case, which is moving the whole of Germany.
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