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Criminal activity and cold case investigations in North_Rh_W

Overview

Police in North Rhine-Westphalia continue to manage various criminal incidents alongside the reopening of a decades-old investigation.

Recent developments include a 21-year-old store detective in Cologne using a rental bike to pursue and detain a 36-year-old supermarket robber. In Ibbenbüren, a 19-year-old remains in detention following a jewelry store robbery. Authorities in Bochum are currently seeking witnesses regarding an attempted kiosk robbery involving a hammer, while in Hanau, police are searching for two suspects linked to an e-bike theft involving physical assault.

In a long-term investigation, authorities are revisiting a 32-year-old cold case concerning the 1995 murder of Sonja K., a Lidl store manager in Tönisvorst, who was killed during a robbery. Police continue to seek witnesses through the campaign ‘Murder does not expire.’

Entities

Feuerwehr Bochum · Polizei Köln · Düsseldorf · Eva Götz · Ibbenbüren

Timeline

  1. 3 days ago

    [CRIME] 26 sources
    Police report multiple robberies and arrests across Germany and Austria

    Police in Germany and Austria report multiple robberies, including an arrest in Austria and a store detective's pursuit in Cologne. Authorities are also reopening a 1995 cold case murder investigation.

  2. about 1 month ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources
    Baden-Württemberg police pursue multiple cold case murder investigations

    Police in Baden-Württemberg are pursuing leads in multiple cold case murders, including a recent 2024 death in Schwaikheim and a 1997 homicide in Freiburg.

Sources

abendblatt.de · allesdetten.de · bbv-net.de · bild.de · blaulichtmyk.de · braunschweiger-zeitung.de · derwesten.de · digitaldaily.de · feuerwehrmagazin.de · hallobo.de · ka-news.de · meinegemeinde.vol.at · morgenpost.de · muensterlandzeitung.de · newsflash24.de · nrz.de · otz.de · polizei.news · redaktion-paedagogik.de · ruhr24.de · t-online.de · thueringer-allgemeine.de · tlz.de · vorsprung-online.de · waltroper-zeitung.de · wochentlich.de · wp.de · wr.de

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