Particle.news
Download on the App Store
7 ARTICLES
·
last wk.

Traunstein Court Orders Psychiatric Commitment for Mother in Rosenheim Child Killings

Judges cited a paranoid delusional disorder that left her not criminally responsible.

Nach der Tötung ihrer beiden Kinder mit einem Spalthammer muss eine 39-jährige Frau aus dem bayerischen Rosenheim dauerhaft in die Psychiatrie. Das Landgericht Traunstein ordnete die Unterbringung der psychisch kranken Beschuldigten an.
Image
Image
Image

Overview

  • Judges found the 39-year-old struck her six- and seven-year-old children as they slept with an axe on the night to Dec. 25, 2024.
  • The court ruled her schuldunfähig and ordered placement in a closed psychiatric hospital that is indefinite but subject to periodic judicial review.
  • The decision is not yet legally final.
  • The judgment detailed fixed delusions about abuse, a looming world war, implanted devices and surveillance that led her to believe she had to save the children.
  • The case was conducted as a Sicherungsverfahren focused on secure psychiatric detention, with evidence noting alcohol and medication influence and the mother's tearful expression of remorse.