Overview
- The trial against a 41-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman began on May 20, 2025, at the Koblenz Regional Court on charges of communal murder and robbery with fatality.
- The defendants are accused of killing two male acquaintances, aged 61 and 28, in separate incidents in October 2024, motivated by greed.
- Prosecutors allege the victims’ bodies were transported to Rodder Maar in the Eifel region and burned to conceal the crimes.
- The male defendant confessed to the killings, attributing his actions to severe alcohol addiction, while expressing remorse in court.
- The female defendant denied any participation, claiming through her lawyer that she remained upstairs in her apartment and only heard a verbal altercation.