According to the police, a 41-year-old confessed to killing his wife in Piesendorf, who was separated. She was found dead on Friday, and the man turned himself in the day following. A temporary injunction had been issued once morest him due to earlier attacks on the mother of two minor children. After completing the initial investigation and the interrogation that lasted several hours, which began on Saturday evening, he was admitted to the Salzburg prison.
The tavern tenant, who lives separately from his ex-wife, killed his ex-partner with three stab wounds on Friday at noon, the authorities reported. According to the autopsy report, the victim bled to death.
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The suspect told police that he had gotten into an argument with his wife at a meeting. The two had apparently met to clarify the separation modalities, primarily it was regarding the leases of several jointly managed catering establishments. The man’s defense attorney, Franz Essl, emphasized to the APA that his client acted emotionally when the dispute escalated.
Investigators identified a kitchen knife found at the scene as the murder weapon. According to the police, in the run-up to the bloody crime there had been dangerous threats, persistent persecution and serious bodily harm by the 41-year-old, whereupon an official ban on entry was imposed. At the request of the 30-year-old, the judiciary issued an injunction at the end of April.
The woman’s body was found in one of the jointly leased inns by relatives. After an intensive search, in which the special task force Cobra was also involved, the alleged perpetrator turned himself in by telephone. The police arrested him at his parents’ home.
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