A man accused of keeping his wife’s rotting body in a sack for seven years after killing her over sexy photos she sent to her lover has been seized by Geman police.
Victim Dorota Galuszka-Granieczny, 29, was reported missing in 2016 after vanishing from the family home in Suesterseel.
Accused Manfred Galuszka Granieczny, 41, had told police that she had simply left him and their son for her new lover.
Instead – police believe – he strangled her when he caught her sending sexy snaps of herself in lingerie to her lover in the Netherlands.
Then – say prosecutors – he killed her, put her body in a bag and took it to the attic.
He then moved to his parents’ home where he put her body in a shed in the garden and left it to rot in a sack.
Police discovered her gruesome remains last month (August) at the killer’s new home.
Her body was so badly decomposed that she could only be identified by dental records, her height and hair colour, reported local media.
Police became suspicious when they found that Granieczny had moved out of the family home into his mum’s house.
But despite massive financial problems he continued to pay the rent on the empty family home for years.
Investigation head Inspector Michael Fritsch-Hoermann told local media: “The woman had a chat with her new boyfriend in the Netherlands around 10pm that evening. She sent him photos of herself in lingerie.
“But the chat suddenly stopped. The new friend tried unsuccessfully to reach Dorota on the phone.”
He added: “We continued to investigate the whole time. Until we got a report that the man had moved into his mother’s house in Geilenkirchen-Gillrath.
“The husband had massive financial problems. Why does he keep the old house in Suesterseel, we asked ourselves.”
Granieczny was seized by police at his mother’s home on 29th August.
Fritsch-Hoermann said: “The husband was arrested for murder and is in custody. He hasn’t said anything about it.”
Soon after police carried out another search at the couple’s old home, and found a large stain on the attic, supposedly of where Galuszka Granieczny had once kept the sack.
Explaining that the stain was not there when they searched the house seven years ago, Fritsch-Hoermann added: “We don’t know when he brought the body to the attic and where the dead person was years ago.
“We also don’t know when he brought the sack with the woman into the house in Gillrath and how.”
He said that Dorota’s relatives in Poland were informed about the development and said: “They are glad that the uncertainty is gone. But their grief is great.”
The inspector also said that the couple’s 13-year-old son – who had lived with his father until the arrest – was placed in a youth welfare centre.
He concluded: “We really hope he gets over the shock.”