Since November 23, there has been no trace of Stefanie, who is from Graz. Relatives and colleagues raised the alarm after the 32-year-old failed to show up for work. The police started an investigation and quickly assumed it was a violent crime.
Stefanie’s Slovenian ex-boyfriend was considered a suspect. He is said to have driven back and forth between her apartment and Slovenia several times in the past week. It was also announced on Monday evening that a car owned by the ex-boyfriend was on fire near the Slovenian border. He was arrested and extradited to Austria.
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Stefanie was found dead on Saturday. Ultimately, the ex-boyfriend admitted during an interrogation: “It was me.” He gave the detectives a tip about the location of the body, after which the woman was found in a suitcase. The police suspect that the victim died due to strangulation.