Overview

• The trial of a 37-year-old man accused of murdering his partner and two daughters in Berlin-Marzahn began in March 2025 at the Berlin Landgericht.
• The defendant confessed to the killings, claiming he acted to protect his children from the world, not to cause them suffering.
• The prosecution has emphasized the cruelty of the murders, which involved the use of a crossbow and a knife in October 2024.
• The victims' bodies were discovered in their shared apartment on November 3, 2024, and the defendant was apprehended shortly afterward in Baden-Württemberg.
• The court has ordered the defendant's preliminary placement in a psychiatric hospital following evaluations of his psychological state and potential danger to the public.