16-Year-Old in Vienna Killed with Axe: According to Expert Opinion, "High Degree of Overkill"

This is the conclusion of a psychiatric report commissioned by the public prosecutor's office. The expert found no grounds for excluding guilt in the financial advisor, who is being investigated for murder. The expert classified the act as a "high degree of overkill".

The body of the teenager from Bulgaria, with whom the 45-year-old is said to have had a sexual relationship, was discovered in the man's apartment. The report refers to a "horrible act", the man was intent on "complete annihilation and destruction". As the autopsy showed, the victim had suffered over 50 individual injuries.

"He felt exploited and deeply humiliated"

Viennese lawyer Astrid Wagner, who represents the suspect, was not surprised by the results of the psychiatric evaluation. "I didn't expect anything else. He even got into his car and drove to his sister's," she said on Tuesday evening to the APA. However, her client had been under the influence of crystal meth and cocaine and had been correspondingly uninhibited. Regarding the alleged motives of the previously unblemished man, the defense attorney pointed to a financial aspect: "He felt exploited and deeply humiliated."

With the expertise now available, the public prosecutor's office is likely to soon file a murder charge at the regional court for criminal matters. After his arrest, the accused had stated for the record, "I can't believe my sweetheart is dead".

(APA/Red)

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