Murder in Kiel: Police are looking for witnesses of the mysterious suitcase!

Murder in Kiel: Police are looking for witnesses of the mysterious suitcase!

Kiel-Gaarden, Deutschland - In Kiel, a 63-year-old man was killed by violence. Since then, the police and the public prosecutor have been investigating a homicide in the Gaarden district. On May 30, residents noticed a biting smell in the stairwell of a apartment building. The police then found his body in the man's apartment, while the threatening smell turned out to be a smell of decay. A forensic medical examination showed that the man died through violence. Details of the crime or the cause of death are not published for determining the fact that the investigation is also complicated.

The man was last seen alive on May 26 or 27. A witness reported that he was accompanied by two unknown people. It is striking that the dead man had a pink-gold suitcase with him, which was no longer in the apartment at the time when the body was found. The investigators suspect that this suitcase has a special meaning in the event.

Investigations and information

The homicide commission is now looking for witnesses who have noticed the two unknown persons or the pink gold suitcase since May 26th in Kiel-Gaarden. Notes on possibly disposed items are also of interest. The police have set up a hotline under which information can be reported on 0431/160 3333. This search for the suitcase could be crucial for further clarification of the crime.

In another context, it can be said that violent crime in Germany has increased in 2024. According to new statistics, the number of cases increased by 1.5 % to 217,277, which has been the highest level since 2007. This increase throws a shadow on the otherwise sunken overall crime, which decreased by 1.7 % to 5,837,445 crimes. Without the effects of cannabis partialization, an increase in crimes would have been recorded in the five-year comparison, but violent crime remains a serious problem that also reflects the investigation in cases such as that in Kiel.

The connection between increased violent crime figures and the challenges with which the police are faced in such killing offenses shows how important a rapid and effective clarification of crimes is.

For further information and information, the public is called to support the police in order to clarify another fatal incident and find possible perpetrators.

For detailed data on crime in Germany as well as specific statistics on violent crime, the reports of the Federal Criminal Police Office here . The extensive data, including the clearance rate of around 58 % of the crimes, show the current trends in the security situation.

More details on the homicide in Kiel will hopefully be published in the coming days to bring light into the circumstances of the violent death of the man.

Information and reports on this case can also be found on t-online.de and tixio.de .