As of: January 23, 2024, 2:31 p.m
By: Vincent Fischer
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A man and his partner are found dead in Swabia.
The trial against the suspected murderers and an accomplice now begins in the Memmingen regional court.
Memmingen - It is a terrible case that shocked the market town of Altenstadt (Neu-Ulm district) in April 2023.
A 70-year-old and a 55-year-old were murdered in their own home in the Untereichen district.
Relatives found the couple lifeless.
The trial against three suspects begins on Tuesday (January 23) at the Memmingen regional court.
Of all people, the son and daughter-in-law of the killed man were targeted by the investigators.
Double murder out of greed?
Trial against three defendants begins at Memmingen regional court
The public prosecutor's office accuses the man (38 years old at the time of the indictment) and his 33-year-old wife of killing his father and his partner in Altenstadt.
The couple is said to have stabbed the 55-year-old and suffocated the 70-year-old.
Police tape hangs on the courtyard gate of a single-family home in Altenstadt.
The bodies of a couple were discovered in the house.
© Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa
The couple was surprised by the attack.
According to investigators, the suspected perpetrators broke into the victims' house while they were in bed.
After the crime, the defendants are said to have tried to stage the murder as an extended suicide.
However, the criminal police had early doubts about this account.
Third suspect is said to have supported the double murder
The third suspect, a 32-year-old man from Albstadt in Baden-Württemberg ( Zollernalbkreis ), is on trial for aiding and abetting.
He is accused of supporting the murder by providing the main defendant with an alibi and making his vehicle available for the crime.
He is also said to have looked after the main defendant's toddler during the crime.
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The public prosecutor's office assumes that greed was the motive for the violent crime.
The alleged perpetrators wanted to prevent the 70-year-old from reversing the gift of a house to his son.
They are also said to have speculated on the inheritance of the two victims.
The court is planning 29 days of hearings for the trial and the verdict is expected in May.
(vfi with material from dpa)
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