Baden-Württemberg: woman's corpse in the car: husband on suspicion of murder

Sinsheim (dpa / lsw) - After a woman's body was found in a car near Sinsheim (Rhein-Neckar district), the husband is suspected of murder.

Baden-Württemberg: woman's corpse in the car: husband on suspicion of murder

Sinsheim (dpa / lsw) - After a woman's body was found in a car near Sinsheim (Rhein-Neckar district), the husband is suspected of murder. The 66-year-old is in custody, police and prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Investigators had secured and evaluated traces in the couple's house that substantiated the suspicion. "Investigations into the exact background of the crime and a possible motive are still ongoing," it said. It will also be checked whether the house is the scene of the crime.

The body of the 64-year-old was discovered in a car on the edge of an industrial area in Sinsheim at the end of June. It has not yet been announced how the woman died. The investigators arrested the man last week - but so far have not disclosed who the suspect was.

According to the announcement, the special commission "Hecke" received around 70 tips from the population. A media report that the victim was a member of a Facebook chat group and that the crime was in some way related to it turned out to be a false claim, the investigators said.