According to LKA director Katja Tersch, who once again asked for information from the population, they are in the process of exhausting all criminal police measures. The 37-year-old father had been walking with his boy, who was in a pram, at 4 a.m. when the crime apparently took place. In this case, this was “quite normal behavior” and nothing unusual, said the head of the Tyrolean State Criminal Police Office. The man stated that he often did this to calm his mentally handicapped child.
According to the investigators, after the German father had been knocked unconscious, the six-year-old must have climbed out of the stroller on his own and fallen into the river. The child was aborted and finally found dead around 600 meters downstream.
According to the current status of the investigation, the suspect had approached the boy’s father from behind in the area of the main school jetty and then hit him with a targeted and powerful blow on the back of the head. The 37-year-old fell to the ground and remained unconscious. The perpetrator is said to have taken the man’s wallet and mobile phone. He fled in an unknown direction. The cell phone and wallet were eventually found in the immediate vicinity of the crime scene.
At around 5:20 a.m., the father was found unconscious by a passer-by. This informed the rescue. In the course of providing assistance, the father asked about his child. A search operation involving the fire brigade, a service dog patrol and numerous police patrols was then initiated. An hour later, the six-year-old was finally found dead.
The 37-year-old suffered an injury, received medical treatment and was finally admitted to the St. Johann hospital. The man was also given psychological care.
Source: Nachrichten
