Overview

• The Berlin Public Prosecutor has formally charged a 40-year-old palliative care doctor with the murder of 15 patients between 2021 and 2024.
• The accused allegedly administered lethal drug mixtures without medical necessity to patients not in an acute dying phase and later set fires to conceal the crimes.
• Investigators have reviewed 395 case files, with 75 cases still under scrutiny and five more exhumations planned to uncover potential additional victims.
• Prosecutors are seeking a designation of particularly severe guilt, preventive detention, and a lifelong professional ban for the accused.
• This case highlights systemic oversight failures in mobile palliative care, prompting renewed calls for stricter monitoring in outpatient medical services.