Missing Julia (16) from BaWü found: Police give new insights into the circumstances of death

The fate of the missing Julia still raises questions: the police found a body in Esslingen.

Now there are first findings on the cause of death.

• Body found in Esslingen:

  Julia W. has been missing in the area for a few days

• First investigations into the dead Julia W.:

  Police rule out third-party debt

• This news ticker about the missing student from Remshalden (Baden-Württemberg) is updated regularly.

Update from February 3, 2:27 p.m .:

According to a police report from Friday, the police are now ruling out third-party fault.

The 16-year-old apparently committed suicide, which can be concluded from the autopsy.

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Missing Julia from BaWü is dead: new findings on the cause of death

First report from February 3, 2023:

Esslingen - What happened to Julia?

A body was found in Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg, and now an autopsy on Friday (February 3, 2023) should finally clarify whether it is really the missing 16-year-old from Remshalden.

A police spokesman told the portal 

that there were already "first indications of the death" of the girl.

Accordingly, a violent death cannot be ruled out at the current time.

Nevertheless, it is said that according to initial findings, it may not be a violent crime.

The autopsy should bring light into the darkness.

Is there now a turning point in the case of Julia, who was initially missing?

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The police were looking for a 16-year-old student.

Apparently her body has now been found.

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After the search, the police announced on Friday that it was "highly likely" to be Julia W. The young person from Remshalden in the Rems-Murr district had been missing since Tuesday last week, and a large-scale search by the police and rescue workers went on for days .

The dead woman was found on Thursday in a forest between Oberlenningen and Hochwang.

The police set up a special commission with 35 officers to clarify the circumstances.

Julia did not go to school on January 24, but got on a train

The 16-year-old left her home on the morning of January 24, police said.

However, she did not go to school, but took the train to Kirchheim unter Teck, where she boarded a train at the station at 09.17 in the direction of Lenningen.

After that, their trail was lost.

Officers continue to look for witnesses and are trying to determine who last saw the girl.

A first witness who met the youth on the train has already been identified.

According to the police, he is not considered a suspect.

In the afternoon, the investigators want to announce more information about the circumstances of death.

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