After finding a body stuck upside down in a manhole, the police arrested a 40-year-old suspect on the same day. He was found in the apartment of the 46-year-old who was killed, as the police and public prosecutor's office in Cologne announced on Sunday.
According to dpa information, the investigators assume that the apartment near where the body was found is also the scene of the crime. Nothing was initially known about the more detailed background of the crime. According to the information, the alleged perpetrator is German, the victim Spanish.
A passer-by discovered the body early Sunday morning on a country road in Niederkassel, not far from the Cologne city limits. An emergency doctor could only determine the death of the man. The body was covered in splits, according to police. A wheelbarrow was found nearby, which may have been used to move the split to the shaft. A homicide detective is investigating.
