"Unimaginable"

Knife victim (67) met son for last supper

This house in the Waidach district of Adnet was the scene of the murder.(Bild: Tschepp Markus)

She came by car to visit her child in his apartment in Tennengau. Just hours later, the woman from Bavaria was dead (67) - stabbed to death with a kitchen knife. Now her 31-year-old son is in custody.

He was actually a nice person. Calm, friendly, a hard-working sportsman and a "bit of a gobby". Erna Fagerer speaks very highly of her 31-year-old tenant. "It's unimaginably tragic what happened," says the Adnet resident.

What does she mean by that? The unimaginable happened in the 31-year-old's apartment in Adnet late on Tuesday evening. The man had his mother (67) from Berchtesgadener Land visiting him. According to "Krone" information, they were both having dinner. It was their last meal together - shortly afterwards, the 67-year-old was no longer alive. She was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife. Apparently by her own son!

Investigators secured evidence at the crime scene.(Bild: Tschepp Markus)

According to information from "Krone", the police arrested the man on Thursday evening. But how did the tragedy happen? How could the situation between mother and son escalate to such an extent? That is currently still the subject of investigations. In any case, the police have already questioned the 31-year-old.

The police are also hoping to analyze the footprints, fingerprints and DNA traces at the crime scene and on the recovered murder weapon. These analyses are time-consuming and could take "several days" according to the police.

In the tranquil town of Adnet with its population of just under 3,800, fear and uncertainty are still high three days after the murder. "I even took a shower in the dark last night," says one resident. A woman from Tennengau adds: "The whole thing is of course the talk of the town. I have an uneasy feeling, my children don't even dare leave the house anymore."

There is also talk in the village about the condition of the house where the body was found. "Getting on in years" is one of the friendlier terms. Landlady Fagerer doesn't want to take this lying down: "My husband and I have been renting out the apartments since the 1990s. We are old people and can't do anything to the exterior. But everything inside is in good shape. All the tenants are registered."