Gruesome discovery on a forest path in Brandenburg: Police discovered a dead child in a car in Mittenwalde on Monday night. The mother has now been temporarily arrested. A police spokesman told the German Press Agency on Monday. According to initial investigations, the 40-year-old could be responsible for the death of the six-year-old boy.
The father of the family reported his wife and their child missing on Sunday evening. Police forces, rescue services and emergency doctors found the car early on Monday morning on a small forest path in the Ragow district of Mittenwald. The dead child and the woman lay inside. The 40-year-old was reportedly alive and receiving medical care.
An autopsy on the body is scheduled for Monday afternoon. The public prosecutor’s office will then decide on the application for an arrest warrant, said the police spokesman.
According to a DPA photographer, the car was parked on a forest path near Autobahn 10 at Schönefelder Kreuz. The road is surrounded by fields. The area on site was cordoned off extensively. Red caution tape was visible. In addition to ambulances, forensic investigators were also on site.
