Overview
- On Thursday the court heard forensic psychiatrist Dr. Peter Keiper present a report that found the 30‑year‑old defendant fully criminally responsible for the alleged October 10, 2025 killing of eight‑year‑old Fabian.
- Keiper diagnosed an emotional‑unstable (Borderline) personality disorder, noted psychopathic tendencies and assessed an IQ of about 76, but concluded none of these factors removed or substantially reduced her ability to know right from wrong or to control her actions.
- The expert offered motive hypotheses such as jealousy, revenge and an ‘alternativtötung’ or Medea‑type explanation but emphasized these are interpretive ideas and do not prove why the crime happened.
- With the report the court effectively closed the evidentiary phase in the circumstantial (indizien) trial and scheduled final pleadings for October 29–30 and a likely oral verdict on November 10, 2026.
- The finding shapes possible outcomes because German law uses an expert’s assessment of schuldfähigkeit to distinguish between psychiatric hospitalization and prison, yet the judges are not bound by the report and must weigh it against witness testimony, material evidence and communications data while the defendant continues to deny the charges.