The mother and her daughter have not been found to this day.
The suspect is said to have gone to the hardware store after the bloody act.
The search for a mother and her 16-year-old daughter kept Munich * in suspense in 2019.
Even if their bodies have never been found, the husband is on trial for murder.
Now the process is coming to an end.
Munich - In the sensational Munich murder trial of two women who disappeared without a trace, the public prosecutor is demanding life imprisonment for the accused.
In addition, the particular gravity of the guilt should be determined.
The 46-year-old is accused of killing his wife Maria Gertsuski in a dispute in July 2019 * and then killing his step-daughter Tatjana.
"She was only 16 years old," said Public Prosecutor Daniel Meindl on Wednesday at the Munich District Court I. "She had her whole life ahead of her."
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The accused allegedly murdered his wife and daughter.
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The German-Russian is charged with manslaughter and murder, even if his alleged victims were never found despite an intensive search - especially in a forest area in the east of Munich.
"Only the defendant knows why they both had to die and where their corpses are," said Meindl.
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Munich Regional Court
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Murder trial without a corpse in Munich: The defendant is said to have painted an apartment after the crime
The defendant has denied in court that he had anything to do with the disappearance of his wife and stepdaughter *.
The public prosecutor's office assumes, however, that the man killed the two women one after the other “most likely through massive, blunt violence against the head”.
After that, according to the indictment, he drove to a hardware store, bought paint and painted walls.
He also removed a living room rug and doormat from the hallway.
The police later found this - smeared with the blood of the two alleged victims - in a forest.
They are the main clues in the murder trial without a body.
In the end, the public prosecutor addressed the defendant once more and asked him to indicate where the bodies were after the proceedings were over.
“That is the only positive thing you can do in this case - for the bereaved and also for yourself. (Dpa / frs)
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