Crime: 51-year-old calls 911 and admits: wife killed

A 51-year-old from Bielefeld informed the police via an emergency call that he had killed his wife.

Crime: 51-year-old calls 911 and admits: wife killed

A 51-year-old from Bielefeld informed the police via an emergency call that he had killed his wife. After the call on Sunday morning, emergency services found a body in the couple's home, as reported by the police and the Bielefeld public prosecutor's office on Sunday. According to the first findings of the criminal police, the 49-year-old wife died in the early hours of the morning "due to sharp acts of violence".

The suspect was arrested without resistance. On Monday he is to be brought before a magistrate at the district court on strong suspicion of manslaughter. Further backgrounds were not initially announced. A homicide detective is investigating.

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