2023-08-14 16:54:00
The identity was determined using the fingerprints of the man who had been missing for a week, said police spokeswoman Barbara Gass on Monday evening.
In addition, there is a first autopsy result of the dead boy, in which a drowning death was determined. Signs of external violence could not be diagnosed. Further investigations to determine the exact cause of death are still pending, according to a broadcast from the Vienna State Police Department. The Vienna State Criminal Police Office, investigation area life/life has taken over the further investigations.
The body, which could not be identified on the spot for the time being, was sighted and recovered around 8.50 a.m. in the course of the search for the 41-year-old. A subsequent dactyloscopic examination then confirmed the suspicion that it was the wanted person. The man had turned up at his ex-wife’s home on August 6 without his son from visiting hours and assaulted her.
Father was already barred from entering
The missing son of the two was found dead in the New Danube on Saturday evening. Water police officers discovered the lifeless body and, after unsuccessful resuscitation attempts, determined that it was the five-year-old. The child’s body was found on Saturday around 6 p.m. in the Floridsdorf district.
The 41-year-old has not been found at his home address in Vienna or at his employer since the previous week. He is said to have injured his ex-wife with the hammer in the shoulder, face and head area, but not seriously. The 39-year-old was attacked in front of her house, where she was first threatened with a blank gun and then attacked with a hammer. A courageous neighbor became aware of calls for help and tried to prevent further attacks, whereupon the 41-year-old fled. An entry ban had already been issued against the man from Liberia.
At that time, the Vienna child and youth welfare (Municipal Department MA 11) was also in contact with the family, a spokeswoman for MA 11 of the APA confirmed a report by ORF “Vienna Today” on Sunday evening. This is a standardized procedure for an entry ban that also involves children. The focus is on what the family needs. Accordingly, the employees of MA 11 were in contact with the mother for a while. When it was clear that the mother could take care of the boy and had taken all measures to protect him, MA 11 withdrew again.
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