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Rorschacherberg: 61-year-old kills 56-year-old wife and then dies of a heart attack – the couple was known to the police
A man reported his parents missing around 8 a.m. Wednesday. The employees of the St.Gallen canton police who then went out then found both dead in the parents’ house in Rorschacherberg. The law enforcement authorities of the canton of St.Gallen are now investigating a homicide.
Police found the couple dead in a room in the apartment.
After the son reported missing on Wednesday morning, employees of the St.Gallen cantonal police moved to the couple’s place of residence on Sulzbergstrasse in Rorschacherberg. When the locked apartment door was opened, they found the couple dead in one of the rooms.
As reported by the St.Gallen cantonal police, the circumstances that led to the death of the couple and the causes of death were unclear. A homicide was clearly the focus of the investigation. In addition to various specialists from the St.Gallen canton police, the Institute for Forensic Medicine also moved out. The case-leading public prosecutor coordinated the investigations, the securing of evidence and the questioning of informants.
Wife killed, husband died of natural causes
The autopsies of the corpses by the Institute for Forensic Medicine at the Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen showed that the woman, a 56-year-old Austrian, died a violent death. The law enforcement authorities are currently assuming that the husband killed his wife and then also died of natural causes. When asked, the St.Gallen cantonal police said:
“The 61-year-old Italian died of a heart attack.”
A gun or knife were not involved. No information was given about the cause of the woman’s death. As police spokesman Hanspeter Krüsi further confirms, the couple was known to the police: “In the past we had to move out a few times because of arguments between the two people.” However, the cantonal police were never able to identify any physical violence. “The quarrels always came from both parties,” adds Krüsi.
Further investigations by the public prosecutor’s office and the St.Gallen cantonal police have not yet been completed and are ongoing. (cap/aye)