Overview

• A 59-year-old defendant is charged with murdering a 50-year-old woman by firing a crossbow at her in a hospital in Bad Zwesten on December 4, 2024.
• According to the indictment, he traveled to the Schwalm-Eder district with two crossbows and researched the addresses of the victim and her brother.
• Prosecutors say he entered the clinic through a side entrance and shot the victim from a few meters away in the reception area.
• The bolt struck her in the chest and abdominal area, and she died shortly afterward from severe internal injuries.
• The Landgericht Kassel has begun the case before its 10th criminal chamber and set twelve further hearings through early February 2026, when a verdict is anticipated.