Bence T. was convicted of murdering his aunt Charlotte Böhringer. The parking garage murder was almost 14 years ago. One of the best investigators in Germany has now checked him specifically - and comes to a surprising result.
- In May 2006, the parking garage millionaire Charlotte Böhringer was murdered.
- Her nephew was found guilty by the district court.
- A well-known investigator is now expressing doubts.
Munich - Hardly any other murder case has upset Munich like that of Charlotte Böhringer († 59): on May 15, 2006, the millionaire in the multi-storey car park was killed in her penthouse apartment on Baaderstrasse . The culprit: her nephew Bence T. The district court sentenced him for murder. But almost 14 years later, a completely new development is emerging in the case.
"I don't think the evidence against Bence is valid," says Axel Petermann . He was head of the Bremen homicide commission and cleared up around 1,000 unnatural deaths. The top profiler has taken a close look at the Böhringer case in the past three years - and comes to the conclusion: “The investigators made mistakes. In my view, the court decision is based on wrong basic assumptions. "
Evidence in parking garage murder not valid?
Bence T. was sentenced to life.
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But how can that be? Petermann was at the scene with our newspaper . The 300 square meter apartment is on the fourth floor above the parking garage on Baaderstraße. It has been empty since then. Charlotte Böhringer's body was once found right behind the front door. Probably killed with a hammer. The murder weapon was never found.
"It was more than 20 blows that led to death," says Petermann. So far, it had been assumed that Bence T. had waited for his aunt in the evening, who always went to the regulars' table in the Paulaner on Mondays. At the front door, the court believes, Bence T. hit Charlotte Böhringer. And then brutally killed her in the hallway. His motive: greed, supposedly he wanted to inherit it .
Munich: Doubt after Böhringer murder: "DNA traces were wrongly assessed"
"The DNA traces at the crime scene were wrongly assessed," Petermann says now. Example: fingerprints on the apartment door and in the hallway were mistaken for traces of gloves, he criticizes. The time of death: wrongly calculated. And: "For me it was clear that the first violence did not take place at the door." Petermann is rather convinced that the perpetrator struck in the back of the hallway. "The different blood injection centers speak for this, as does the direction of the blood trails. The splashes point in the direction of the door. “The perpetrator must have already been in the apartment.
For the investigation, the profiler - with the permission of the T. family - stayed in the apartment for many days. It was also important to him to have access to the many case files that he had studied. Photos, reports, evidence and crime scene report: Petermann knows the details of the case - and says: "The judiciary was wrong."
Crucial detail leaves investigators in doubt
The crucial detail: the millionaire's bloody blazer. DNA from Bence T. was found on it. Petermann is convinced: “The traces are not of a glove, that is the textile structure itself, which is blurred with blood. In fact, as was claimed, there was no glove imprint. ”The DNA could have been transmitted when the victim was found while measuring the pulse - and could just as easily have come from Bence's brother or mother. For example, from an earlier everyday contact with the killed. "In my view, Bence should not have been condemned with the supposed evidence," says Petermann - and wants to reopen the case.
Charlotte Böhringer was killed in her penthouse apartment (300 sqm).
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But: After the revision failed at the Federal Court of Justice, Bence T. will remain in prison for years - currently in the Straubing prison. But his family is behind him: "We firmly believe that Bence is innocent," says Brother Mate. Through star lawyer Gerhard Strate and Peter Witting, the family sought a retrial in February 2019, for which the Augsburg Regional Court is responsible. "So far there has been no decision," said spokesman Christian Grimmeisen.
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