61-Year-Old Woman Killed in Leoben: Partner Confessed

During the interrogation by investigators, he generally admitted to the killing but could not provide a motive. Therefore, the background is still in the dark. The suspect was brought to the Leoben prison in the evening hours, according to the Styrian State Police Directorate on Friday.

61-Year-Old Stabbed in Leoben, Motive Unclear

According to the oral autopsy report, the deceased showed numerous stab wounds, some of which were definitely fatal, said Viktoria Steinecker from the Leoben public prosecutor's office in an APA interview on Friday. During the interrogation, the 64-year-old also indicated that the crime was supposed to have occurred on Thursday morning. This will still be verified by forensic medicine. The request for pre-trial detention has already been made and could be imposed as early as Friday.

Couple Previously Unremarkable

The woman did not show up for work as usual on Thursday. Colleagues alerted the police. A patrol then discovered the lifeless body of the woman in the single-family house in Leoben, where she resided. Her partner was in the courtyard. Suspicion quickly fell on him. He was arrested without resistance. In the entrance area, officers found a knife with blood stains. It could be the murder weapon. From the police's perspective, the couple had previously been unremarkable. Nothing is known about children, and there was no one else present in the house when the police arrived on Thursday.

(APA/Red)

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