On day three after the death of a girl in a children’s home in Wunsiedel, the police are still investigating at full speed. As of Thursday, forensics are still on site trying to track down any possible lead.
Manfred Goers, the responsible public prosecutor from Hof, does not consider an accident to be plausible in an interview with FOCUS online: “We are currently assuming a homicide.” The investigators now consider a sexual offense to be “unlikely”. However, it cannot yet be ruled out.
In addition, the public prosecutor’s office assumes that no one could have gained unauthorized access to the crime scene from outside. However, Goers emphasizes that the group of suspects cannot be narrowed down. The perpetrator or perpetrators could still come from outside.
So far, the investigators have not communicated much more. You are still waiting for the written autopsy result. The only thing that is clear is that the ten-year-old was found lifeless in a room by an employee on Tuesday at 8.45 a.m.
Wunsiedel public prosecutor: “The situation is dynamic”
The interrogations are still ongoing at noon. “The situation is dynamic,” says Goers. The investigators are pursuing different approaches and leads. This could lead to further information and require interviews with other people and follow-up surveys in the area surrounding the facility, according to FOCUS online.
In the interrogations in the personal environment of the victim, no suspicion has apparently been substantiated so far. On Thursday afternoon, Goers cleared up media reports that three boys aged eleven and 16 were the focus of the investigation: “All of the people were questioned as witnesses. At no stage have we had and currently have no suspects in police custody. No one was arrested either.” In addition, more than three people were questioned.
The investigators initially focused on those who were near the crime scene at the time of death. Relatives and other reference persons were then questioned.
To his knowledge, nothing had changed in the custody of the children and young people. No one called in legal counsel during the interviews. Only the legal guardians or other legal guardians were present with the children and young people.
No Easter peace with the police: ” Every stone is turned over”
The officials on site would now have to work meticulously and would not take an Easter rest either. Because time is running out to find traces. “Certain situations cannot be restored,” said prosecutor Goers. Traces would then be destroyed in case of doubt: “That’s why every stone is turned over and everything is simply documented, recorded and secured.” But this approach also takes time.
