Victim, a 64-year-old doctor, had worked for years in a psychiatric clinic in Wasserburg am Inn (Rosenheim district) He mainly had to deal with mentally ill and addicted criminals. The suspect was a former patient of the doctor.
The investigation into the professional relationship between the victim and the alleged perpetrator is ongoing. The man was arrested by police shortly after the crime on Monday evening, covered in blood. The police were also able to secure the suspected murder weapon, a kitchen knife. It is not known whether the suspect knew his victim and was even a patient at the psychiatric clinic. “He only worked with lawbreakers, in law enforcement,” said a district spokeswoman. The Upper Bavaria administrative district is responsible for the affected clinic for psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychosomatic medicine, geriatrics and neurology. The case is being investigated by the Rosenheim Criminal Police Inspectorate under the direction of the Traunstein Public Prosecutor's Office.