Goslar missing person case: murder charge against federal police officer

Police ask for tips from the public.

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Goslar. A man from the community of liebenburg remains missing, the police assume he was murdered. The public prosecutor’s office is now pressing charges.

In the case of a missing 51-year-old from big doe in the district of goslar the public prosecutor’s office braunschweig has now murder-charge charges filed against his 50-year-old acquaintance. The federal police officer from liebenburg is accused of insidious murder for base motives. As the authority further announced on Wednesday, his activity as a federal police officer "in the context of the commission of the crime" had played no role. This is what the german press agency reports.

The german is said to have murdered his friend in order to get an official love affair to be able to enter into contact with the wife of the killed man. According to the public prosecutor’s office, he had been having a secret affair with her since 2016. The 51-year-old has been missing since 13. April disappeared, since the 18. May the suspect is in custody for investigation.

This happened so far: missing person case comes on "aktenzeichen XY unsolved

In mid august, investigators presented the case on the television program "XY unsolved" before. The head of the murder commission "fortuna" and its team received numerous tips after the TV broadcast. Read more: after TV broadcast – many clues to goslar missing person case

police still looking for cab driver

Furthermore a cab driver wanted, which was on 13. April between 9.30 and 10 o’clock a male person at the expo area in hannover has taken up.

Clues please to the police goslar under 05321/3390 or. To the local police stations.

call for witnesses in june because of mysterious building materials

In the course of the investigation unusual purchases of the case accused noticed. He had bought two lawn grating panels and eight construction steel mats, as well as eight construction fence elements and eight concrete feet, for which the investigators no comprehensible motives and which they could not find so far.

The homicide commission turned to the 11. June with the following questions for the public:

Who from the personal environment of the accused are these purchases or. Building activities known?
Who among his circle of friends and acquaintances can provide more detailed information about a possible construction site??
Who from the personal environment of the accused has possibly. From this the building fences for its own building activities get supplied?
Who is missing in the period between 20. April and 17. May a building site protection of this order of magnitude noticed, at which up to now no work was done, which serves thus only as cordoning off?

Since it could not be ruled out that fence is still set up, the homicide commission is also asking the public to look out for a possible fenced-in area of no more than about 50 square meters, where there is obviously no work going on, when they go for future walks. The area hanover, expo-area resp. According to the current state of the investigation, langenhagen airport cannot be ruled out as a possible location for the body of the missing person.

Police assume that missing person is dead

Due to the blood traces at the crime scene as well as further blood traces in the vehicle of the victim it is to be assumed according to an announcement of the police that the victim was no longer alive is. A corpse could not be found however so far.

What had happened? This is what the missing person case in the northern Harz region is about

Since 13. april a 51 year old man from grob doehren in the district of goslar is missing. In the course of the investigation, there were increasing indications that he had fallen victim to a violent crime.

investigators published new findings

The investigation group fortuna established for the case turned at the end of april with new realizations to the public and asked the population for references.

The missing person is likely to have left his house in the liebenburg district of grob dohren on 13. April between 5 and 5.15 o’clock have left. Based on the evidence, it is likely that an incident occurred immediately afterwards in the garden area of the property, in which he was injured. There is no trace of the 51-year-old since then.

car of the missing person was found in hannover

the missing person’s car, a blue VW caddy with the license plate GS – KK 31, has also been missing since that day and was found on 16. April found in the area of hannover, fairground, boulevard of the EU, opposite the "dutch pavilion. it was parked there properly and locked.

Homicide squad searched woods and property

The fortuna murder squad searched the house on 18. may several forest sections and properties in the north of the county of goslar. Investigators hoped to find more information about the 51-year-old’s possible whereabouts, according to a press release.

Already on 30. April, the investigators had searched wooded areas along the federal highway 242 between sonnenberg and dammhaus for the missing man. They were assisted by several tracking dogs. The investigation team followed up on a tip from the public. As the police reported on monday, the search of this area did not lead to any case-relevant clues.