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Case Luise: What experts say about the type of killing - and how the 12-year-old was seen at home

2023-04-21T02:34:48.385Z


The 12 and 13-year-old alleged perpetrators are said to have stabbed Luise from Freudenberg more than 70 times. Experts try to analyze that.


The 12 and 13-year-old alleged perpetrators are said to have stabbed Luise from Freudenberg more than 70 times.

Experts try to analyze that.

Freudenberg – The 12-year-old Luise from Freudenberg was murdered by two young girls on March 11th.

The incident caused horror across Germany.

Both the age of the alleged perpetrators and the manner of the murder shocked far beyond the borders of the small town near Siegen.

The 12 and 13-year-old girls are said to have killed their friend Luise with more than 70 stab wounds.

The motives for the act are still unclear, but experts speak of "overkill" due to the brutal approach.

Luise from Freudenberg: Alleged perpetrators stabbed the 12-year-old more than 70 times

"She used to give me a high five whenever she saw me, just like that.

She was so nice to everyone,” an 11-year-old boy from Freudenberg described the dead Luise in an interview with the

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)

.

Another girl confirms: "It was such a love." The

mirror

also reports that the 12-year-old was considered sunshine in her home country.

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The 12-year-old Luise from Freudenberg was killed with more than 70 stab wounds.

© Federico Gambarini/dpa

One more reason why the Luise case caused a stir.

Media reporting also focused on the age of the alleged perpetrators and the excessive form of violence the girls used.

Forensic doctors from the University of Mainz are said to have found more than 70 stab wounds

on the girl, according to Der

Spiegel .

“Overkill” in the case of Luise from Freudenberg – what the term is all about

In criminology, such a case is referred to as "over-killing".

According to the child and adolescent psychiatrist Cornelia Bessler, an excessive number of knife wounds can be an indication of "overkilling" and thus a "vehement breakthrough of aggressive feelings," she explains to the

FAZ

.

The Federal Criminal Police Office also defined "overkill" in a research series as follows: "This is when the attacker inflicts excessive violence on the victim, even though the victim has already died, in the form of behavior similar to killing, such as stabbing." This expression "Excessive anger and aggression" could therefore indicate a personal relationship between the perpetrator and the victim and occasionally also occurs in young offenders.

In fact, according to the

FAZ

, young people are more likely to act violently and criminally than adults, and this tendency then ebbs with increasing age.

For girls, the peak of this violent phase is between the ages of 14 and 16.

Terrible case in Freudenberg: what happens to Luise's alleged perpetrators?

The investigators are extremely reticent about the motive behind the gruesome murder, and it may never become public.

According to Focus

, it was about revenge – the victim allegedly made fun of one of the girls.

The Koblenz senior public prosecutor Mario Mannweiler also suspects due to the many stab wounds "that some emotions played a role".

After their confession, the two alleged perpetrators were placed in different child and adolescent psychiatric institutions with the consent of their parents.

According to Der Spiegel

, they will

remain there until at least the end of April.

The two are of criminal age due to their age, but they could still be sued for damages.

List of rubrics: © Montage: Merkur.de/Polizei/dpa

Source: merkur

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