Waldshut-Tiengen (Baden-Württemberg) – A gruesome crime shook the small town of Hohentengen in March 2024. Eddie C. (19) killed his father Erminio (61), mother Anna (58) and brother Giuseppe (34). He seriously injured his sister Valentina (36). The German-Italian is now standing before the Waldshut-Tiengen district court – and confessed to the crime.
New shocking details emerge. The killer used a small folding knife and a pair of scissors for the bloodbath.
The German-Italian stabbed his family with such a knife
Blade was 8 centimeters long
The evening before the crime, Eddie C. had attacked and injured his parents and brother with headbutts and punches. The police were alerted and Eddie was allowed to stay at home.
The next evening the terrible Family dramaEddie took a small folding knife (Opinel Inox brand) from the kitchen.
The bloodbath took place in this house in Hohentengen
The blood-stained front door after the crime
A short time later, Brother Giuseppe ran down the stairs. Without warning, Eddie stabbed him in the neck, throat and chest with a knife.
Victims fought for their lives with chairs
Then the defendant stabbed his father. His mother and sister bravely grabbed chairs and tried to fend Eddie off.
In the meantime, despite his fatal injuries, Brother Giuseppe had dragged himself into the stairwell to alert neighbors.
The obituary for Eddie’s parents and brother
Eddie slaughtered his mother. Then he knelt on his sister and stabbed her in the head. But Valentina was able to defend herself and escape.
Fatally injured father wanted to help his wife
Tragic: Father Erminio tried to help his dying wife despite his severe stab wounds. But his son took a pair of scissors and slit his carotid artery. The parents died in the apartment.
Eddie C. after his detention hearing on March 27, 2024. He had a prayer book with him
The killer allowed himself to be arrested on the doorstep. Brother Giuseppe died a short time later in a clinic.
Senior Public Prosecutor Christian Lorenz (60): “When he was brought to court, the defendant had a prayer book with him.” After a short period of pre-trial detention, Eddie C. was placed in a psychiatric hospital.
“I was an avenging angel”
During the trial, Eddie C. told Judge Martin Hauser (57): “I was an avenging angel. It was like a mission from God that I killed her.”
Judge Martin Hauser (57) is conducting the trial against the triple killer
The court considers Eddie C. to be incapable of criminal responsibility due to schizophrenia. The case therefore concerns his placement in a psychiatric hospital. The public prosecutor considers Eddie C. to be dangerous and is seeking preventive detention in Baden-Württemberg.
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Sister Katrin (30), who was not at home at the time of the crime, is appearing as a co-plaintiff and says: “I see my little brother in court and I have mixed feelings about it. There is a lot of anger and sadness, but also pity.”
Sister Katrin C. is a co-plaintiff and was not at home at the time of the crime
The process continues.
