A former chief designer for luxury car brand Rolls-Royce was stabbed to death in his home last week.
Now the police are releasing a picture of the suspected killer – who hours before the murder changed in a shop before dumping the clothes by a lake.
– At the moment, there appear to be some promising clues, says police spokesperson Michael Graf.
Ian Cameron had a successful career as chief designer at Rolls-Royce for over a decade before retiring in 2012. On Friday, he was stabbed to death at his home in Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany.
At half past ten in the evening, Cameron’s wife called the police. Then she had managed to escape from the suspected murderer, who suddenly knocked on the door.
Caught in car a kilometer away
After slightly injuring herself in a fall, she was able to make it over to a neighbor.
According to German Bild, the surveillance system had been sabotaged before the attack. But the suspected killer was captured on video in a shop just over a kilometer from the home hours before the murder. There he is wearing light trousers and a dark blue hoodie. He also has a red backpack on him. The same backpack has since been found on the promenade next to the Ammersee lake, according to information to Bild.
An intensive search operation is now underway for the man, who is between 180 and 190 centimeters tall and has a short haircut. The police have also released the surveillance images from the store, despite that he is still at large.
– We have received many tips after the publication of the images of the perpetrator. The quality of them is currently being checked. But at the moment there appear to be some promising clues, says police spokesperson Michael Graf.
BMW’s grief: “Deeply shocked”
The police have not yet commented on the motive, but according to the car magazine Jalopnik the suspected perpetrator tried to steal a car from Ian Cameron’s collection.
BMW, which owns Rolls-Royce, has expressed its sadness after the murder.
– We were deeply shocked and saddened to learn that Cameron, who was head of design at Rolls Royce Motor Cars from 1999 to 2012, has passed away. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends at this very difficult time,” they said in a statement.