German Police Probe Horrific Mystery After Woman's Severed Hands Found on Motorway
German authorities are investigating a deeply disturbing case after a woman's severed hands were discovered on a major motorway, with her baby found alive hours later outside a remote monastery. The gruesome finds have left investigators scrambling for answers in what they describe as a deliberate and mysterious crime.
Motorway Discovery and Monastery Rescue
The chilling sequence of events began when a driver reported what appeared to be human body parts on the A45 motorway near Olpe in North Rhine-Westphalia. Police officers rushed to the scene and made a grim discovery: two severed woman's hands lying on the roadway. Authorities immediately closed the motorway in both directions to conduct a thorough forensic examination.
Approximately 70 miles away, in a seemingly unrelated development, monks at the Coptic Orthodox monastery in Kröffelbach, Hesse, found an abandoned baby in a stroller outside their gates. The child was unharmed and appeared to have been deliberately placed where it would be found quickly. The infant was taken to safety and received medical attention.
Identity Revealed and Desperate Search
Through fingerprint analysis, investigators identified the dismembered hands as belonging to a young Eritrean woman who had been living in asylum accommodation in Bonn. According to German media reports, including Bild, the woman is believed to be the baby's mother. Shockingly, the woman had not been reported missing before this discovery.
Police have launched an intensive search for the woman's partner, who is also the baby's father. The man has vanished, and while detectives haven't officially confirmed him as a suspect, they state they urgently need to find him as part of their investigation. The woman's current status remains unknown, with investigators unable to confirm whether she is still alive.
Investigation Intensifies Amid Limited Evidence
Despite extensive searches along the motorway and nearby woodland, no further body parts have been found. Prosecutors have declined to disclose the exact number of remains discovered but have definitively ruled out a traffic accident, describing the injuries as deliberate.
Officers searched the woman's room at her asylum hostel but found no signs of violence at the accommodation, according to German media reports. The A45 motorway has since reopened to traffic, but homicide detectives confirm the investigation continues 'at full intensity' as they work to establish how the woman's severed hands ended up on a motorway while her baby was abandoned safely at a monastery.
