Murder Commission determined: Woman and toddler found dead in Dorsten dead

Murder Commission determined: Woman and toddler found dead in Dorsten dead

In the early morning of June 29, 2025, the corpses of a woman and a toddler were discovered in Dorsten-Holsterhausen. This shocking incident immediately triggered the use of a murder commission because the police assume a violent crime. The woman, which has not yet been identified, is estimated between 25 and 30 years old. The toddler is a girl aged two to three years. A witness who found the corpses initially thought that the woman would just sleep until she recognized the severity of the situation.

The crime scene is located on Tüshausweg, a stab on a forest cemetery. Here the police found the death of the woman and found the child in a nearby bush. Wounds on the back of the woman may point to a violence. This raises the question of whether there is a connection between this crime and an attack, which also took place on Tüshausweg on June 26, 2025. In this robbery, a 40-year-old was attacked by a couple with her one-year-old child who tried to rob the handbag and then fled in a black BMW X6

police asks for information

The police have taken up the investigation and urgently seeks witnesses who can provide relevant information. These developments in Dorsten are in the context of a general crime statistics of the past few years in North Rhine-Westphalia, which recently reported a decline in crime by 1%, whereby the police recorded 1,398,652 crimes and recorded a clearance rate of 53.5%. Interior Minister Herbert Reul presented the police crime statistics on March 12, 2025, which also shows interesting trends in terms of violent crime.

Although violent crime has dropped by 0.4% overall, 180 murders were found in 2024, which represents an increase compared to 154 murders in 2023. The knife violence that has increased in recent years has also received special attention. In view of these figures, it remains to be seen whether the case in Dorsten is related to these general trends in crime.

The incident raised numerous questions and ensures an increasing concern among the population. The police again appealed to the citizens of being vigilant and reporting information in order to clarify possible relationships.

Vol.at reports that the murder commission is already determined, while SPIEGEL For a comprehensive overview of the crime statistics in North Rhine-Westphalia, we refer to Land NRW .