The Maria Baumer case made headlines. The woman was missing for 16 months before mushroom pickers discovered her body in a forest. At the court hearing in Regensburg, the defendant first gave information about the allegations.
- In 2013 the body of Maria Baumer from Regensburg was found, the young woman was missing for 16 months.
- After the indictment against the fiancé of the deceased, the case is currently being heard at the regional court in Regensburg.
- After the accused has so far remained silent on the allegations, he has now given the first information about the course of events.
Update from August 18 : The Maria Baumer murder case is currently being heard at the regional court in Regensburg . A 35-year-old male nurse is accused of killing his fiancée with medication and disposing of her body in May 2012. On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, new details about the course of the murder came up in court. According to the German Press Agency (dpa), the defendant announced through his lawyer that he found his fiancée dead in bed that morning. He then buried the body in the forest.
Update from March 3: In the case of Maria Baumer, the public prosecutor has brought charges of murder against the woman's former fiancé. A spokesman for the authority said on Tuesday in Regensburg. Now the responsible jury chamber of the regional court of Regensburg has to decide on the admission of the indictment. The Mittelbayerische Zeitung had previously reported.
The 35-year-old nurse, whom the investigators believe to be an urgent suspect, had already been in custody for the 2013 murder. The man was arrested again in mid-December 2019. The investigators rely on a number of circumstantial evidence.
During a renewed examination of Baumer's clothing and hair, for example, specialists were able to detect a strong sedative in the form of a drug that the suspect allegedly administered to her. How exactly and whether the agent actually killed the woman is unclear. That will probably never be clarified, it said at a press conference by the police and public prosecutor at the end of 2019.
Maria Baumer murder case: search terms on Google burden fiancé
Certain search terms on Google also weigh heavily on the suspect German, as the investigators explained at the time. On the day of the disappearance of the young woman on Pentecost 2012, the man looked on the Internet for “the perfect murder”, the “lethal (fatal) dose” and the name of the drug.
The evidence gathered against the 35-year-old goes even further. The nurse had also administered the sedative to an acquaintance in a tea - this came to light in a trial in 2016 before the Regensburg district court. A spade that investigators found on Baumer's skeleton also incriminates the suspect. According to the investigators, this is identical to one that the man bought in a hardware store three days before he disappeared.
The defendant's lawyer , Michael Haizmann, said on Tuesday that his client was silent on the allegations. According to the public prosecutor's office, the suspect had not commented since the reopening of the proceedings, and before that he had always denied the act.
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Murder case Maria Baumer: Fiancé moves into focus as a suspect
Update from 5:35 p.m.: After Maria Baumer's fiancé is increasingly emerging as a suspect, there is now an uncanny motive that the investigators should keep an eye on: As bild.de reported, Christian F. abused in mid-July 2011 in the joint apartment a former classmate of the cathedral choir - school in his sleep and filmed the act.
It goes on to say that the investigators have created a new theory: According to this, Maria Baumer could have caught him in the act. It also states that she may have come across Christian F.'s child porn collection. According to the newspaper, this was discovered after Maria's body was found. These theories put the case in a new light.
Murder case Maria Baumer: Fiancé probably deceived “Aktenzeichen XY” viewers
Update from 2:50 p.m.: The fiancé of Maria Baumer has again turned out to be a suspect in the murder of his partner due to many new findings. Baumer was anesthetized by him, according to the Regensburg public prosecutor, with the drug Tavor . It can no longer be determined whether that was also the cause of death.
What is certain, however, is the fact that he had tampered with the drug illegally in 2014. In his work as a nurse in the Regensburg District Hospital , he had access to the drug Tavor. When on trial for child molestation and assault in 2016, the suspect admitted that he gave Tavor to an acquaintance. He dissolved the remedy in a tea, the woman drank the mixture and then passed out.
Murder of Maria Baumer: Appearance of fiancé at Aktenzeichen XY - presenter shocked
Update from December 13, 2019, 7 a.m .: In 2012 Christian F. presented himself to "Aktenzeichen XY" as a grieving fiance who wept for his Maria. Was that all a lie? The now 35-year-old has now been arrested again. He is suspected of murdering Maria Baumer († 26) (see our message below).
At the time, the suspect claimed to "Aktenzeichen XY" moderator Rudi Cerne that Maria had disappeared from their shared apartment in Regensburg on May 26, 2012 when he came back from jogging in the morning. Cerne was now shocked by the new occurrences in the case. He said to picture: "That a worried fiancé answered questions in our studio and then ended up behind bars as a suspect has never happened to me either." At the time, tz * also reported on the appearance in the ZDF studio.
The fiancé with Maria Baumer's sister and file reference moderator Rudi Cerne.
© Screenshot: ZDF / Aktenzeichen XY… unsolved
Murder case Maria Baumer: Spectacular turnaround - suspect appeared on TV years ago
Update from December 12, 2019, 6:18 p.m .: One of the most mysterious crimes in Bavaria is about to be investigated - the murder of Maria Baumer (26) from Muschenried in the Schwandorf district. Since May 26, 2012, the day she disappeared, there have been twists and turns in the case - this time a spectacular one. Her then fiancé Christian F. (now 35) was taken into custody for the second time.
Is the Maria Baumer murder case about to be investigated? Her fiancé is now in custody again.
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In 2012 Christian F. made a heartbreaking appearance in a special issue of Aktenzeichen XY… . On ZDF the fiancé spoke about Maria in a solemn voice: “I try to send her strength through wishes and prayers”. Today, however, the suspect is silent on the allegations.
Regensburg: murder case Maria Baumer - chronology
- May 25, 2012: Maria Baumer (26) is seen for the last time. The geoecologist celebrates with her fiancé on a farm near Bernhardswald am Kreuther Forst.
- May 26, 2012: Christian F. allegedly leaves the apartment in Regensburg. Baumer is said to have disappeared during this time.
- November 28, 2012: The case is presented unsolved under file number XY… .
- September 8, 2013: A mushroom seeker finds the woman's remains near Bernhardswald. A homicide had previously been investigated
- September 12, 2013: Christian F. was taken into custody, but was released again in November 2013.
In a video from BR24.de, the fiancé at the time also commented on the disappearance of Maria Baumer.
Maria Baumer murder case: new trace after seven years
Update from 4.45 p.m.: Maria Baumer's former fiancé was already on trial in another case. In 2016 he was indicted before the regional court in Regensburg because he sought contact with younger classmates while he was at the Regensburger Domspatzen at school. For this he was sentenced to probation for assault and child abuse. The action came during investigations in murder case of Maria Baumer to light, reports BR24.
In the Maria Baumer murder case: ex-fiance was arrested as the main suspect
Update from 2.30 p.m.: In the case of the dead Maria Baumer , who was found in a forest in Regensburg in 2013 , the Regensburg public prosecutor and the police have new findings. They announced this to the public at a press conference at 2 p.m.
The senior public prosecutor, Dr. Clemens Prokop that the public prosecutor's office and the police never give up in cases like Maria Baumer's. He further explained that from the point of view of the public prosecutor's office, an urgent suspicion against the fiancé of the killed had emerged.
Thereupon he passed the floor to the public prosecutor as group leader, Thomas Rauscher. He said that the quicklime mixture in which the body was located made it difficult to determine the exact cause of death. Nevertheless, the new technical developments made it possible to gain further knowledge. The public prosecutor hired a private laboratory that works with the most modern technical equipment. This found that Lorazepam was in the clothes and hair of the dead . The remedy is the active ingredient in the drug Tavor and is given as a strong sedative. It is not certain whether the agent was the actual cause of death. A specific conclusion is not possible, said Rauscher. That was the first concrete indication of a homicide. The investigators then checked whether Baumer took the drug himself. But this was not so.
Murder of Maria Baumer: suspect was looking for "the perfect murder"
In addition to the traces of the drug, the investigators would have used the suspect's search history as evidence. He is said to have specifically searched for the keywords “ lorazepam ”, “lethal dose” and “the perfect murder”. Lethal means fatal. On top of that, the murder victim's former fiancé claims to have spoken to her twice and she is said to have written him a Facebook message . The alleged phone calls and messages could be refuted. He wrote the message to his Facebook account from the same IP address, namely from home. According to Maria Baumer's provider, the phone calls could not be traced back to her cell phone.
In addition, three days before his fiancée disappeared, the suspect bought a spade in a hardware store, which proved that it was used to dig the pit in which Maria Baumer was found.
The investigators saw all these clues as an opportunity to arrest Maria Baumer's former fiancé again and bring him into custody. The final investigation is expected to be completed by the end of February 2020. Until an official legal verdict, Thomas Rauscher continues, the presumption of innocence applies to the suspect.
Murder case Maria Baumer: Public prosecutor announces press conference
First report from December 12th from 12.20 p.m .: Regensburg - In the case of Maria Baumer from Regensburg, who was found dead in 2013, the investigators arrested the former partner again . His client sit for suspicion of murder in custody , the lawyer Michael Haizmann on Thursday the German press agency said. The public prosecutor's office announced a press conference on the case in the afternoon.
Case of Maria Baumer: The fiancé was arrested again
The 26-year-old had been missing since May 2012. 16 months later, mushroom pickers found their skeleton in a forest near Regensburg. According to the police, the cause of death could no longer be determined after such a long time. Even so, the victim's 28-year-old fiancé was arrested a little later. But this was released again after his lawyer Haizmann had lodged a second complaint.
For years nothing has happened in the case, said Haizmann. On Monday, the apartments of his client and those of his mother and a brother were searched. The man has been in custody again since Wednesday. The investigators alleged murder with the characteristics of malice and low motivation.
Possible murder case Maria Baumer: partner was released despite suspicion at the time
In 2013, the lawyer based his appeal on two pillars. “It could not be determined whether the woman was killed. The circumstances of her death are completely unknown, ”said Haizmann at the time. In addition, the motive was missing: "The two had a harmonious relationship and wanted to get married."
Baumer had started a new job shortly before she disappeared. In addition, a week earlier she had been elected chairman of the Catholic rural youth movement. She had lived with her fiancé. On the day the invitations to the wedding were due to be sent, the 26-year-old disappeared, leaving her cell phone and engagement ring behind. The fiancé had claimed to have spoken to her twice more after the woman had disappeared. She is said to have said that she wanted to take a break. He eventually filed a missing person report.
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