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In addition, according to the investigations so far, there is nothing to indicate the existence of a sadistic cult, the police said in consultation with the Krems public prosecutor’s office on Thursday of the APA. Further information will not be communicated until further notice, it was emphasized.
“The investigations are still ongoing, so a final result is not yet available,” said the Lower Austria state police department. There is no further information for the public for the time being for “criminal tactical reasons and out of consideration for the underage victim and the highly personal areas of life and rights affected in the specific case”.
The 32-year-old is said to have beaten, tied up, gagged her son from the beginning of September to November 2022 and repeatedly locked him in a dog box for hours. She is also said to have let the child starve, poured cold water over it several times and then opened the windows of the apartment for several hours when the temperature was below zero. When the boy was found by a social worker on November 23, 2022, his body temperature was only 26.8 degrees and he was in a coma. The rescue was called just in time.
The child was taken to the hospital in an acute life-threatening condition. Police say his health has improved. According to media reports, there was a custody dispute between the child’s parents. Last but not least, this is said to have drawn the authorities’ attention to the family from Waidhofen ad Thaya and led to the social worker being checked on November 23 of the previous year.
As it became known on Wednesday, a 40-year-old from the environment of the main suspects was arrested on March 3rd. After viewing chats by the State Criminal Police Office of Lower Austria, it is suspected that he was a contributor. The woman, like the 32-year-old, is in custody. The case is being investigated for attempted murder, torturing or neglecting underage, younger or defenseless people and deprivation of liberty.
Source: Nachrichten
