German doctor with a “lust for murder” suspected of killing 10 patients, investigators say
A doctor in Berlin, who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four older patients, is now suspected to have killed a total of 10 patients and, in five cases, tried to cover up evidence starting at the fire, investigators said on Tuesday.
The unidentified doctor, who was part of a palliative care team, initially doubted the murder Four patients In June and July, and then trying, with mixed success, to light their apartments. In November, investigators said they found evidence indicating that killed four more patientsAu Tuesday said they suspected him in Killing a further two patients.
Police and prosecutors announced on Tuesday that two additional cases had emerged when they questioned patients’ files and performed forensic examinations, including exhumation.
The two latest cases include the alleged murder of a 25-year-old woman in his apartment in Berlin in September 2021, which suspects that a 40-year-old doctor gave a woman a deadly mix of different drugs with the intention of killing her.
In addition, it is suspected that he killed a 57-year-old woman last June, also in his apartment in Berlin, managing the deadly mixture of medication, investigators said.
Prosecutors and police said in a joint statement that the defendant had no motive after the murder and that the acts of suspects were fulfilled by the legal definition of “lust for murder”.
According to the latest findings, the murders occurred between September 2021 and last summer.
On Tuesday, police also invited former fellow suspects or relatives of care recipients who had no contact with the implementation of the law, but who may also have doubts about the death of patients or relatives, urging them to address the police.
The name of the suspect was not published, in accordance with the German privacy rules. Prosecutors say he has not yet answered the allegations.
The case is reminiscent of the infamous German nurse Niels Hoegelwho was sentenced to life in prison in 2019 for killing 85 patients in his care.
Hoegel, believed to be Germany the most prolific serial killerHospital patients killed with deadly injections between 2000 and 2005, before he was eventually caught in the act.
In a recent case in Germany, a 27-year-old male sister was sentenced to life prison 2023. Due to the murder of two patients, intentionally managing without prescribed drugs. The nurse, identified as Mario G., was also found guilty of six points of attempted murder.
In England, neonatal nurse Lucy Letby serves a life sentence for Killing seven babies and trying to kill six others. However, earlier this month, the panel of a specialist challenged medical evidence Used to condemn Letby.
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE contributed to this report.
