German diplomat arrested for allegedly murdering his husband in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian authorities say forensic evidence points to a violent death and not an accident like the diplomat claims.

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German consul Uwe Herbert Hahn was arrested in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday and charged with the murder of his husband.

Hahn’s husband of 20 years, 52-year-old Walter Henri Maximilien Biot, was found dead in the couple’s Ipanema apartment over the weekend. Hahn claimed that Biot had been acting strangely in the days leading up to his death. He told Brazilian police that Biot had been drinking and taking sleeping pills.

In video obtained by CNN, Hahn described to police how the couple had been sitting on their sofa when Biot stood up, ran toward the apartment’s balcony, and fell face down onto the floor.

But police say that forensic evidence contradicts Hahn’s story. “The version of events given by the consul, that the victim suffered a fall, is incompatible with…

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