Ruhpolding (dpa/lby) – After finding a dead baby in a forest in Upper Bavaria, the police are investigating a homicide. An autopsy on the child revealed evidence of a violent act, the police said on Monday. The police are currently assuming that the baby was placed near a hiking car park near Ruhpolding (Traunstein district) “soon” before the find was reported on Sunday.
A man had discovered the baby’s body behind a wall on a hiking trail to a lake. Investigators from the police and public prosecutor’s office secured traces on site on Sunday. According to a police spokesman, no further investigations were planned for Monday at the hiking car park. The spokesman did not want to give details of the dead baby and the cause of death, citing the ongoing investigation. The police are now looking for witnesses who were out and about in the hiking car park and for the baby’s mother.
