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After the discovery of a woman's body in the yard of a primary school in Recklinghausen, a 17-year-old has been arrested. There is a suspicion of homicide. In the autopsy of the dead 19-Year-old, there were signs of a violent death by strangulation, police and prosecutors said.
The suspect 17-year-old Recklinghäuser and the 19-year-old had known each other, it said. The investigation into the motive for the crime and evaluations of the traces continued on Monday evening.
According to police, children had discovered the lifeless young woman on Monday morning around 7 a.m. in a secluded part of the schoolyard. An emergency doctor was only able to determine her death. Emergency chaplains would then have taken care of the children. Because of the unclear situation, a homicide squad was routinely set up. Classes at the elementary school were canceled on Monday, according to the city.
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