Wiesbaden – It is a shocking message: Hesse’s Finance Minister Thomas Schäfer (†54) is dead. The body of the CDU-politician, was found on Saturday at 10.20 PM in the area of the railway tracks, the ICE-railway track in the district of Hochheim.

After the rescue coordination center had been reported to a lifeless Person, found the forces of the body. Due to the injuries, the identity could not be ascertained, first, immediately. In the course of a death investigation process, Schaefer was able to be identified eventually.

The ICE line Cologne-Frankfurt at mass home: Here it was assumed that Thomas shepherd found dead photo: Jürgen Mahnke

According to a press release from the Prosecutor’s office and police headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany, is “due to the overall circumstances of the case, the extensive crime scene work, the survey
numerous witnesses, the auffinde situation on the ground, as well as technical and
forensic scientific evaluations and studies” […] “of a
the suicide of Dr. shepherd”.

According to the FAZ investigators also report that he should have left a farewell letter. in it, he had also the reasons for his suicide called the.