November 26, 2025, 1:19 p.mNovember 26, 2025, 2:42 p.m
A man in southern Germany is said to have killed his wife, his two sons, his sister and then himself. As the police announced on Wednesday, the dead were found on Tuesday in Reutlingen, Pfullingen and St. Johann in the state of Baden-Württemberg.
According to the police and public prosecutor’s office, the investigation is underway “on suspicion of a homicide within the family.” The 63-year-old German is suspected of the crime; there is currently no evidence of a third-party perpetrator.
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Investigators gradually find five dead people
As the police announced, a nurse initially found the man’s lifeless 60-year-old sister in her apartment in Reutlingen on Tuesday morning. It turned out that the woman had suffered fatal injuries. Suspicion quickly arose against the woman’s brother.
During a search of his home in Pfullingen on Tuesday evening, special forces found the bodies of the 63-year-old and his 57-year-old wife. Both had gunshot wounds, and investigators found the suspected murder weapons next to the dead. Whether the man owned the weapon legally as a hunter is currently being examined.
The emergency services then searched the man’s company premises in St. Johann. There they found the bodies of the man’s 27 and 29 year old sons. They also had gunshot wounds.
(sda/dpa)