Father after acquittal

“God knew that I didn’t kill Raphael”

Alexander P. now lives with his grandparents. "How am I supposed to cope with the fact that my son is no longer alive?" he constantly asks - and he says: "My life is destroyed forever."

(Bild: Martina Prewein)

In February 2024, a three-month-old boy from Vienna died of a shaking trauma. His father was then considered an urgent suspect for many months. He was recently put on trial for murder - in which he was ultimately acquitted. Now the man speaks in the "Krone". 

It is difficult to describe his condition in one word. The sight of him is too dramatic, too disturbing. Helpless, lost, desperate. All these terms seem to fit him. To this man, who is now sitting at the dining table in his grandparents' cozy old apartment, tears running down his cheeks incessantly.