After the discovery of a corpse in a well shaft in the district of Steinfurt at the end of June, the 55-year-old son of the dead has now been arrested. He is said to have killed his mother for inheritance disputes.
In a well shaft on the grounds of the family gardening in Neuenkirchen, the suspect is said to have drowned his 79-year-old mother out of greed. As the prosecutor Münster, the district police Steinfurt and the police headquarters Münster announced in a joint statement on Tuesday, the 55-year-old was arrested in the night of Tuesday shortly after midnight.
Previously, the District Court of Münster at the request of the prosecutor’s arrest warrant for urgent suspicion of murder issued: “The man from Neuenkirchen is charged, lowered in the late evening hours of June 25, his mother on a belt and a standing in the well ladder and in the two meters have drown deep well water of the well, “said Attorney Martin Botzenhardt.
First attacked, then lowered into wells
The autopsy of the deceased, carried out on June 27 at the Institute for Legal Medicine of the University Hospital Münster, has already revealed death by drowning; even then the son was targeted by the investigators, but had to be released from custody for lack of an urgent suspicion. Because the autopsy did not provide a clear indication of a third party debt .
“The hematomas found at the head of the corpse may have been added to the 79-year-old’s murder investigation outside the well,” the prosecutor said, adding that the case was “re-evaluated.” defenseless mother spent in the well and killed there. “
Inheritance issue as a motive
Background of the deed should be based on the findings of the police in an inheritance dispute. “When the 79-year-old was planning to sell much of her property, the 55-year-old may have seen his legacy and plans to use the property for business purposes for his own purposes,” said Homicide Commission Chief Detective Joachim Poll possible murder motive. “Due to the sudden death of his mother he should have tried to save his financial situation.”
After his arrest, the 55-year-old did not comment on the allegations. He will be presented to a magistrate on Tuesday.
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