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Grisly find at a primary school in Recklinghausen. Children discover a lifeless young woman in the schoolyard. The investigation leads to the suspicion of homicide. On the same day, a 17-year-old youth is arrested.
Recklinghausen - Children have found the body of a 19-year-old young woman in the schoolyard of their elementary school in Recklinghausen. Police arrested a 17-year-old youth on the same day. There is a suspicion of homicide, said a police spokeswoman. The 17-year-old is considered a suspect.
In the case of the autopsy of the dead 19-Year-old, there were signs of a violent death by strangulation, police and prosecutors said together. The 17-year-old Recklinghäuser and the 19-year-old would have known each other. The investigation into the motive of the crime and evaluations of the traces continued on Monday evening.
According to police, students discovered the lifeless woman on Monday morning around 7:00 a.m. in a remote part of the schoolyard. An emergency doctor was only able to determine her death. Emergency chaplains would then have taken care of the children.
Because of the unclear situation, a homicide squad was routinely set up, as the police initially explained. Classes at the elementary school were canceled on Monday, according to the city. Dpa