The body of a woman was found on Monday evening on the banks of the Rhine in Worms. The police have now announced that the victim is a 15-year-old girl. The parents have been taken into custody on suspicion of the crime.
A woman’s body was discovered on the banks of the Rhine near Worms on Monday evening. As the Mainz police headquarters announced, the dead woman was recovered with the assistance of the fire department.
The circumstances of the death are currently the subject of investigations, according to the police. The Mainz public prosecutor’s office has taken over the investigation, with the department for capital crimes taking over. The crime is said to have occurred on Saturday evening.
On Tuesday afternoon, the police announced that they had taken the girl’s parents into custody. An autopsy on the same day is to determine the cause of death. Evidence was secured in the apartment where the parents and daughter live, as well as in the father’s car, the officials said.
The Mainz criminal police are asking for information from people who were on the banks of the Rhine in Rheindürkheim near Worms on Saturday evening under the number 06131/653633.