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Regensburg: indictment calls for life imprisonment for alleged murderer of Maria Baumer

2020-09-29T17:51:14.487Z


The public prosecutor's office accuses the main defendant in the Maria Baumer case of malicious murder. She demands a life sentence for Christian F. - with no chance of early release.


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Defendant F. in the regional court of Regensburg (archive picture)

Photo: Armin Weigel / dpa

In the murder trial of the Maria Baumer case, the public prosecutor has demanded a life sentence for the then fiancé of the 26-year-old.

Baumer was found dead in a forest in 2013.

Public prosecutor Thomas Rauscher pleaded before the regional court of Regensburg for a life sentence for insidious murder.

In addition, a particular severity of the guilt should be determined.

This would prevent the 36-year-old main defendant Christian F. from being released after 15 years if convicted of murder, said a court spokesman.

According to the spokesman, the Baumers family, appearing as joint plaintiffs, joined the prosecution's demands.

F. killed Baumer to be free for a new relationship.

Christian F. had recently confessed to having buried Baumer's body.

However, he claims to have previously found the woman dead in her bed.

The nurse justified the fact that he only described this seven years after the body was found by saying that he had feared professional disadvantages.

Baumer is said to have died from consuming a mixture of different tablets that F. illegally took with him from work.

However, according to the public prosecutor, the discovery of a spade in his attic and the evaluation of his last search engine results had further burdened F.

Before Baumer's disappearance, F. had googled "The Perfect Murder", among other things.

The body was not found until a year later

Baumer's remains were found by chance in a forest by mushroom pickers more than a year after they disappeared in 2013.

They were also badly decomposed by the action of chemicals.

Her fiancé was already considered a suspect at the time.

However, the evidence was by no means sufficient for an indictment.

It was only through new laboratory methods last year that it was possible to detect a sedative in the remains of the dead that F. is said to have administered to her.

A judgment in the case could now fall on Tuesday next week.

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Source: spiegel

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