The corpse of the restaurant operator is transported to the coroner’s office for an autopsy Photo: Spreepicture
By Michael Behrendt, Dirk Böttger and Jörg Bergmann
Did the restaurant operator known in the City-West die because she had a fight in her private life? The lifeless body of 61-year-old Thai woman Siliya R. was discovered in the early hours of the morning in a driveway in Schöneberg. The perpetrator had cut her throat.
At around 12:45 a.m., the employee of a hotel on Fuggerstrasse alerted the police after desperate witnesses appeared. They had discovered the lifeless body of a woman in the passage.
According to an investigator, the arriving officials and rescue workers were presented with a horrifying sight. The driveway was covered with blood, the emergency doctor who arrived a little later could only determine the death of the restaurant owner.
The bloodstained bag with all personal belongings is secured at the scene of the crime Photo: Spreepicture
The suspicion quickly grew that it could be a relationship act – because the victim’s personal belongings were found and her blood-smeared handbag was secured.
The police did not want to confirm existing information that a broken bottle was seized as a possible murder weapon in view of the ongoing investigation.
Until her death, Siliya R. ran the restaurant “Thai-Art” on Kantstrasse, which is known for its specialties far beyond the City West.
According to a police spokeswoman, there is still no trace of the perpetrator. The 5th Murder Commission is in charge of the case, and every police station takes information about the brutal crime.