CHILLING MURDER: Schoolboys, 13 And 14, Suffocate Classmate, 15, And Dump Her Body In Thicket

Story By:  Ana MarjanovicSub-EditorMichael Leidig, Agency:  Newsflash

Cops in Germany have arrested two boys, aged 13 and 14, for suffocating a 15-year-old girl, whose body was found in a thicket two days after she went missing.

Anastasia – from Salzgitter, Lower Saxony – disappeared without a trace on the evening of Sunday, 19th June.

Some 50 police officers took part in the search for the missing schoolgirl, who has Russian roots, with the help of sniffer dogs and a drone.

The body of Anastasia (15) from Salzgitter who has been missing, was found behind a supermarket in the Fredenberg district, murdered allegedly by two boys aged 13 and 14 in June 2022. (Newsflash)

But the worst was confirmed when the drone found Anastasia’s lifeless body in an overgrown lot behind a supermarket in Fredenberg district – close to where she lived – on Tuesday afternoon.

An autopsy on her body found she had been suffocated.

It is not clear when Anastasia was killed, but the evidence reportedly suggests she died on Sunday.

Police at the crime scene where the body of Anastasia (15) from Salzgitter was found behind a supermarket in the Fredenberg district, murdered allegedly by two boys aged 13 and 14 in June 2022. (Newsflash)

Shortly after her body was found, cops arrested a 14-year-old suspect for murder. A court order has since been issued to keep him in custody. He reportedly faces up to 10 years in prison.

The cops also arrested a second suspect, but he cannot be convicted because he is 13 years old, which is under the age of criminal responsibility in local law.

However, he is under investigation and could still be admitted to a closed facility with a court order.

The crime scene where the body of Anastasia (15) from Salzgitter was found behind a supermarket in the Fredenberg district, murdered allegedly by two boys aged 13 and 14 in June 2022. (Newsflash)

Both suspects are German-Russian and were known to the victim, as they attended the same school in Salzgitter-Fredenberg and lived in the same district.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office said the motive for the crime was “in the personal sphere” and that “a certain hostility” had developed between the suspects and the victim.

There is currently no evidence of any crime of a sexual nature.

Police at the crime scene where the body of Anastasia (15) from Salzgitter was found behind a supermarket in the Fredenberg district, murdered allegedly by two boys aged 13 and 14 in June 2022. (Newsflash)

Lord Mayor of Salzgitter Frank Klingebiel – of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany – said on Wednesday. “I condemn in the strongest terms this cruel and cold-blooded crime.”

The investigation is ongoing.