As of: March 12, 2024, 7:26 p.m
By: Julia Stanton
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The murder of 12-year-old Luise shocked all of Germany.
Now is the anniversary of her death.
A district administrator explains how the perpetrators are dealt with.
Freundeberg – It has been almost a year since the 12-year-old Luise was murdered by two girls.
The student was lured into the forest by children of the same age and then killed with 70 stab wounds.
Luise's death anniversary is on March 11th.
The two perpetrators confessed at the time.
But since they were not of criminal responsibility at the time of the crime, the public prosecutor's office discontinued the proceedings.
However, the girls could not return to their previous lives.
After Luise's murder: Perpetrators are not allowed to go home
The affected families are currently being looked after by five employees of the youth welfare office.
One of the girls lives in a group home and goes to school.
The other perpetrator is hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital.
After her release, she will also be placed in a residential group and will not live with her family for the time being.
The girls should remain in care until their 18th birthday.
After Luise's brutal murder, friends and family remember the 12-year-old.
© Oliver Berg/dpa/archive image
The aim of these measures is to “pave the way for the perpetrators back into society”.
This is how the responsible district administrator Andreas Müller put it at a meeting on Monday (March 4th) in Freudenberg on the occasion of the anniversary of Luise's death.
In addition to the district administrator, the pastor, the mayor and the head of the social affairs department were also present.
The meeting was primarily about Luise's family and ways to support them.
One year after their daughter's murder: parents demand large sums of money
Even if the case against the girls has been dropped, there will probably still be a trial.
Because Luise's parents have filed a lawsuit for compensation.
They are demanding that the parents of the perpetrators pay at least 50,000 euros in addition to 30,000 euros in survivor's benefit.
However, there is currently no trial date.
In an interview with the
Westfalenpost
, the parents of one of the perpetrators expressed sympathy for Luise's parents.
However, they could not raise such a large sum of money: “How is my daughter, who is 14 years old, supposed to pay tens of thousands of euros or more?
“How are we supposed to pay so much money?” explained the girl’s father.
The parents have requested that the lawsuit be dismissed.
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