Austrian police arrested a 25 year old Spanish citizen suspected of having killed a woman, also Spanish and of the same age, whose body was found on Sunday in the west of Austriaand with whom he may have had a romantic relationship in the past.
This was reported by the Austrian Federal Police. Vorarlbergborder with Switzerland, in a press release in which he recalled that it took days for agents to identify the murdered person.
“The victim is a Spanish citizen of 25 years old who had been living in Vorarlberg for about two years and whose last residence was in the Kennelbach district,” today’s police report says.
He added that yesterday, Thursday, “agents of the State Criminal Police arrested, on the orders of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, to a 25-year-old Spanish citizenalso residing in Vorarlberg”, who denies being the perpetrator of the crime.
“Investigators assume that the crime committed in the context of a romantic relationship“The arrested person did not confess during interrogation and denies killing the woman,” the note said.
The suspect was transferred to Feldkirch prison on Friday.
Initial investigations indicate a femicideaccording to Philipp Stadler, head of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
“Thanks to the investigations carried out in the personal environment of the deceased, we learned of the existence of a 25-year-old man who, apparently, He had already had a relationship with this woman.“And this man was arrested yesterday as the main suspect in the crime,” Stadler was quoted as saying by public television ORF.
The victim’s lifeless body was found last Sunday around noon by passers-by in the neighborhood. forest alluvial deposit of the Bregenzer Ache river, in the Kennelbach district, near the town of Bregenz.
That day, forensic scientists documented the situation and the surroundings without being able to establish the identity of the person or the cause of death, so an investigation was ordered. autopsy.
Preliminary autopsy results revealed “that the still unknown woman was the victim of an act of violence”the police then indicated in a press release.
The identity of the victim was clarified by the Vorarlberg state police, while the investigation continues.
“A thorough verification of the tests and examinations still needs to be carried out. Therefore, for tactical reasons, further information on the cause of death and the evolution of crime,” the police report underlines.
At the same time, it calls on potential witnesses to contact the local police, in particular those who made observations in the Achstraße/Steinfeldstraße area in Kennelbach between 3 and 4 September and in the area adjacent to the bank of the Bregenzer Ach.
