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Trier (dpa / lrs) - After the killing of a 63-year-old woman in Trier, a man is in custody on suspicion of murder: The 32-year-old is said to have killed the woman on the night of January 14th to rob her, said the Trier public prosecutor on Monday with.

The suspect from Eritrea was determined on the basis of a DNA trace at the crime scene.

Like the victim, he was last seen in the homeless community in Trier.

After his arrest last Friday, an arrest warrant was issued on the urgent suspicion of greed-based murder.

The 32-year-old was previously convicted of bodily harm, among other things, and has not yet commented on the allegations.

The body of the 63-year-old was found between construction containers in front of a homeless shelter in Trier.

The investigators assume that the woman had known the man: After they met him on the evening of the crime, both of them first drank alcohol together in the area of ​​a construction site, the prosecutor said.

Then the 32-year-old became violent because he wanted the cash that the woman had.

He inflicted such serious injuries on her that she died on the scene.

Further details were not available.

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