This is what we know about the alleged killer of Ayleen (14)

Created: 2022-08-02Updated: 2022-08-02 11:41 am

By: Martina Lippl

The 14-year-old left her hometown of Gottenheim.

Her body floated in Teufesee (Hesse) for days.

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Ayleen's death is devastating.

The 14-year-old was missing for days.

Her body was found 300 kilometers from where she lived.

The alleged killer has long been known to the authorities.

Freiburg – In the Ayleen murder case, there are still many unanswered questions, such as the cause of death, possible crime scene and motive.

But a suspect is in custody for confiscation of minors, sexual assault and murder with intent to cover up.

The 29-year-old German initially denied the crime and is silent.

The alleged perpetrator is not unknown.

As a teenager, at the age of 14, he is said to have attacked an eleven-year-old girl from behind.

The police searched for the missing 14-year-old student from Gottenheim (Baden-Württemberg) for ten days.

Then her body is discovered on a lake in Hesse.

On the same day, investigators arrested the 29-year-old.

The alleged perpetrator is a convicted sex offender.

Ayleen Murder Case - Was the Suspect Insufficiently Supervised?

"The case concerns a 29-year-old German citizen who was placed in a psychiatric hospital as a teenager in 2007 for an attempted sexual offense.

The accommodation lasted 10 years and ended in 2017," senior public prosecutor Dieter Inhofer, head of the Freiburg public prosecutor's office, told journalists on Monday.

The investigators left open further information about the perpetrator, his job and the family environment.

According to the authorities, the suspect was placed under supervision after his release in 2017.

Participated in the sex offender integration program designed to reduce their risk of recidivism.

The program expired for the man in January 2022.

Apparently the man was looking for a new victim, as the reports by the Freiburg criminal director Arno Englen suggest.

He and the girl knew each other from weeks of chats on social networks and through the online game Fortnite.

Huge amounts of data and chat logs still have to be evaluated.

But the Internet data of the 14-year-olds led to the suspect.

By locating cell phones, the investigators found out that the suspect stayed at Teufelsee in Wetteraukreis (Hesse) for a long time on Friday night (July 22nd).

As a result, the area of ​​the lake was searched with police helicopters on July 29.

A body was floating on the lake.

• According to the investigators, the 29-year-old brought Ayleen to Hesse in his car on July 21.

  According to the police, they do not yet know whether the girl entered voluntarily.

  Evaluations of further data and chat logs are still pending.

• The cell phone of the suspect was logged into a radio cell at Teufelsee in the night of July 21 to 22.

  Prosecutors assume that "something happened" that night.

• The police searched the home of the 29-year-old suspect on Thursday (July 28).

  Objects belonging to the missing 14-year-old were found.

• Investigators arrested the suspect on Friday (July 29).

  The accused first denied the crime and has been silent since then.

• On the same day (July 29) a body is discovered at Teufelsee.

  24 hours later, using DNA analysis, it is clear that it is the missing 14-year-old Ayleen from Baden-Württemberg.

The 14-year-old's body probably floated in the water for days.

This complicates the work of the medical examiner.

A first autopsy yielded no results.

The cause of death is still open.

So far, there is no trace of the possible crime scene.

Investigators still have many questions.

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Detective chief: "Ayleen was a shy girl"

"Ayleen was a shy girl," said Freiburg crime director Arno Englen (left) at the press conference.

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"Ayleen was a shy girl who was very caring for her little brother," Crime Director Arno Englen said at Monday's press conference.

He pointed out that the 14-year-old moved quite normally, like many young people, on social networks.

The case of young Ayleen brings cybercrime to the table.

Bavaria's Digital Minister Gerlach explains what needs to be considered.

Great sadness for the 14-year-old student from Gottenheim

Mourning in Gottenheim for the 14-year-old student: flowers, candles and messages are in front of the town hall.

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The grief in the wine-growing community of Gottenheim (Baden-Württemberg) is great.

“The worst that can happen in such a case has happened.

All of Gottenheim is in shock," said Mayor Christian Riesterer, as reported by the

news agency .