Officers from the Bern canton police found a dead woman in an apartment in Kehrsatz BE on December 16. According to the authorities, the victim is a 29-year-old Swiss woman from the canton of Bern. The investigators might not initially rule out a third party.
Because there were certain inconsistencies and there were indications that the deceased’s husband might be connected to the woman’s death, the police stopped the 35-year-old Swiss on Thursday, December 22, 2022.
The responsible public prosecutor’s office then applied to the compulsory measures court for pre-trial detention. The request was granted and the man is now in custody. The Bern canton police assume that it might be a suspected femicide.
Extensive investigations into the circumstances and background are currently underway. They are led by the regional public prosecutor’s office in Bern-Mittelland, the cantonal police in Bern are involved with the involvement of various services and the Institute for Forensic Medicine at the University of Bern.
