Woman, 3 children killed in Germany; husband suspected
BERLIN (AP) - A woman and three children were found dead at an apartment in southern Germany, police said Tuesday, and the woman's husband was being treated as a suspect.
A witness found the bodies of the 29-year-old woman and the children, ages 3, 7 and 9, in the apartment in the Bavarian town of Gunzenhausen early morning, police said. The 31-year-old man, who was apparently the children's father, was found lying outside the building with injuries caused by a fall from a great height.
"Under the current circumstances he is being treated as a suspect," said Middle Franconia police spokesman Bert Rauenbusch.
Police and hearses stand in front of residential building in Gunzenhausen, southern Germany, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 after four people have been found dead there. (Matthias Merz/dpa via AP)
He said autopsies on the victims were still being performed, but confirmed they had died as a result of "violent force."
German news agency dpa reported that the family was of Russian origin.
In an unrelated case, a man in the southwestern Germany was convicted Tuesday of killing three people last year, including his own six-year-old son. The regional court in Rottweil sentenced 41-year-old Drazen D. to life in prison.
The Croat had admitted to shooting dead his ex-partner's new boyfriend and the man's cousin as they were celebrating the boy's first day at school. The court heard that the defendant intentionally spared the 32-year-old mother because he wanted her to suffer for leaving him.
A man loads a coffin into a hearse in front of residential building in Gunzenhausen, southern Germany, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 after four people have been found dead there. (Matthias Merz/dpa via AP)
