Overview
- The 33-year-old foster mother pleaded not guilty at the Landgericht Bamberg to charges that she fatally shook 21‑month‑old Klara.
- Prosecutors allege the child was violently shaken on December 8, 2024, and died two days later after being taken to a Bamberg hospital.
- Treating clinicians documented a brain hemorrhage, and investigators say testing excluded a hereditary coagulation disorder.
- Police described conflicting versions of the evening, noted signs the couple may have aligned statements, and said the husband, a paramedic, has not been charged and declined to testify.
- Klara had been placed with the couple since November 15, 2024; the accused remains in pretrial detention, the birth mother has joined as a co-plaintiff, and a verdict could come on December 5.