Woman Killed in Vienna Apartment in Drug Frenzy: Pre-Trial Detention and Expert Opinion

This was announced by the spokeswoman of the Vienna Regional Court, Christina Salzborn, upon request from the APA. During the custody hearing, the 20-year-old made no statements. The Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office has also requested a psychiatric evaluation.

According to information from Thursday, the 20-year-old had confessed to the police. The man is mentally ill and was receiving treatment for this, according to representatives of the executive. The suspect had "met the later victim several years ago during an inpatient hospital stay," said police spokesman Philipp Haßlinger on Thursday.

Meeting for Drug Use in Vienna-Leopoldstadt

The 20-year-old had met the woman on Tuesday evening in the online bookable apartment in the apartment complex. Apparently, they had agreed to consume drugs together, according to the police. Both were officially registered in different districts of Vienna.

The 47-year-old was subjected to massive violence in the apartment. "A witness in the stairwell of the complex reported seeing a man hitting a woman on the ground and then dragging her back into the apartment," a spokesman for the State Police Directorate told the APA on Wednesday. The woman's cries for help were also heard by several people.

Vienna Police Found Victim Lifeless

The police then found the victim lifeless. The 20-year-old was arrested in the apartment. He claimed there had been an argument and he had "defended" himself against alleged attacks by the 47-year-old, it was said after his arrest.

In Austria, women experiencing violence can find help and information, among others, at the Women's Helpline: 0800-222-555, www.frauenhelpline.at; at the Association of Autonomous Austrian Women's Shelters (AÖF) at www.aoef.at, as well as at the Women's Shelter Emergency Call: 057722 and the Austrian Violence Protection Centers: 0800/700-217, https://www.gewaltschutzzentrum.at/, at the Police Emergency Call: 133

(APA/Red)

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