Elderly Viennese Woman Brutally Robbed: Facial Recognition Exposed 40-Year-Old
A brutal robbery that occurred on July 21 in Vienna now seems to be solved: A 77-year-old woman was followed by an unknown man into her apartment, knocked down, and robbed. The pensioner's necklace was stolen by the perpetrator. Despite immediate search measures, the man initially disappeared.
Facial Recognition Leads Investigators to the Trail
The Vienna State Criminal Police Office took over the further investigations. A decisive turn came with facial recognition: An officer from the Kopernikusgasse police station recognized the suspect as the man he had already investigated for a similar theft – also a necklace theft.
Escape to Bulgaria, Arrest by EU Warrant
The investigations revealed that the 40-year-old Bulgarian citizen had traveled to Bulgaria shortly after the robbery. In November, he was arrested there based on a European arrest warrant and has since been extradited to Austria. During his interrogation, the suspect refused to testify.
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