Investigators suspect that the 55-year-old killed the 19-year-old. However, he did not confess to the crime during his interrogation, said a spokesman for the Regensburg public prosecutor’s office on Monday. The spokesman initially did not want to reveal how the young woman died, citing knowledge of the perpetrator. According to dpa information, the suspect is the victim’s ex-boyfriend; both were work colleagues. However, the spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office did not want to confirm this information, which other media also had.
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Police discovered the dead woman in the trunk of a car in an underground car park in Regensburg on Saturday. The young woman comes from the Cham district in Upper Palatinate, but exactly when she died is still unknown.
Checking radio cell data
On Monday, investigators continued to work hard to solve the case. A number of witness interviews were planned, and radio cell data should also be checked. It was not initially known how the police tracked down the suspect.
According to the police, passers-by reported on Saturday morning that there was a car with a smashed side window in the underground car park of a Regensburg hardware store. A patrol examined the car and discovered the dead woman in the trunk. According to the police, the car was registered to the 19-year-old’s parents. It was not initially known how long it had been in the underground car park. In any case, the young woman had not been reported missing.
