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Nov. 5, 2022
Top Motives and Outcomes in Germany
Top Motives
- Jealousy — 14 case(s)
- Control/domination — 8 case(s)
- Revenge — 7 case(s)
- Fear of exposure — 6 case(s)
- Avoid divorce settlement — 3 case(s)
Top Outcomes
- Legal case ongoing — 9 case(s)
- Arrest made — 9 case(s)
- Homicide during marriage — 8 case(s)
- Investigation still ongoing — 6 case(s)
- Separation — 5 case(s)
State / Province Case Counts in Germany
2 case(s)
1 case(s)
Cases in Germany: Motive — Control/domination
Vanessa Huber Disappearance Involving Marcel Huber, Unterhaching, Bavaria, Germany
Vanessa Huber, a 39-year-old woman from Unterhaching, Bavaria, disappeared mysteriously in November 2022 after a period of marital and financial stress with her husband Marcel Huber. Surveillance footage shows the couple shopping together shortly before …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Unterhaching | Incident Type: Missing Person / Presumed Homicide | Date: Nov. 5, 2022
View DetailsEkaterina B., Svetlana, and others Disappearance Involving Walter B. and Ekaterina and Walter's daughter, Bremerhaven, Germany
Ekaterina B., a 32-year-old woman originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, was found murdered and dismembered in a suitcase in the Weser River near Bremerhaven, Germany, in March 2022. She had a troubled marriage with Walter …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Bremerhaven | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 4, 2022
View DetailsSarah Heinrich Allegedly Murdered by Axel Ingo G., Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Sarah Heinrich, a young woman bullied and socially isolated, participated in a TV show that portrayed her negatively. She later met Axel Ingo G., a man about 20 years her senior, and moved in with …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Idar-Oberstein | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Aug. 9, 2016
View DetailsTina S and Four children Allegedly Murdered by Andreas S, Großside, Niedersachsen, Germany
After months of marital conflict and separation, Andreas S, struggling with alcohol problems and depression, allegedly killed his four children during his estranged wife's vacation. Despite prior domestic violence and threats, the family appeared outwardly …
State/Province: Niedersachsen, Germany | City/Region: Großside | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: June 14, 2012
View DetailsChristin, V, and others Allegedly Kidnapped by Axel H., Lüneburg Heath, Germany
In 2011, Axel H., a radicalized fundamentalist Christian father, abducted his four children on Easter Monday following a custody dispute with his ex-wife Christin, who had been granted sole custody. Axel had increasingly isolated his …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Lüneburg Heath | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: April 25, 2011
View DetailsSabine W. and Thomas W. Murdered by Sabine W., Plochingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Sabine W., a 41-year-old woman from Plochingen, Germany, shot and killed her husband Thomas W. after years of marital conflict marked by alleged domestic violence, emotional abuse, and infidelity. The couple married after meeting at …
State/Province: Baden-Württemberg, Germany | City/Region: Plochingen | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Jan. 23, 2011
View DetailsFM, FM's mother, and others Case Involving FM's mother's partner and Herbert, Germany
The article recounts two personal stories highlighting domestic violence, abuse, and online grooming. The first story involves FM's childhood experience with domestic violence after moving with their mother and sister to live with a man …
State/Province: None | City/Region: | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: None
View DetailsMinor Victim Case Involving Herbert, Berlin, Germany
A minor was groomed, threatened, and sexually abused by an older man named Herbert in Berlin. Herbert used threats against the victim's family and pets to control them, coerced the victim into meeting and engaging …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Berlin | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: None
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