Ex-partner held in custody after woman found dead in Geretsried

A 32-year-old man has been placed in pre-trial detention on suspicion of killing his former partner in Geretsried near Munich, BR reported. The 50-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment.

Relatives reported the woman missing after they could no longer reach her, according to police. Officers found her body in an apartment in a multi-unit building in the town.

Initial indications of a violent crime were confirmed on Saturday after an autopsy by the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Munich. Police soon developed specific suspicions against the 32-year-old German national, who is believed to have been the woman’s former partner.

Police arrested the suspect on Saturday. He was brought before an investigating judge, who ordered him held in pre-trial detention.

The exact circumstances, background and motive remain under investigation.