Dead Boy in Tyrol: Murder Charges Against Parents Final

In the case of a three-year-old boy who died in May 2024 due to severe malnutrition in the Tyrolean district of Kufstein, the indictment against his parents for murder, torture, and deprivation of liberty, filed in mid-November, is now legally binding. Neither the mother's nor the father's defense attorney filed an objection, said the spokesperson for the Innsbruck Regional Court, Klaus Jennewein, to the APA on Thursday, confirming a report by the "Tiroler Tageszeitung".

Trial Date Not Set

A trial date had not yet been set. However, it was considered certain that it would not take place this year. Both the father and mother face up to life imprisonment if convicted. They are accused of torturing their son to death. According to the public prosecutor's office, both parents had recently confessed. The mother, however, "explained" the acts with a supposedly residing demon in the boy. The father stated that he regretted the acts. According to a psychiatric expert report, both had a personality disorder with sadistic traits, but they were deemed accountable. Due to the identified renewed danger of a similar act, the public prosecutor's office ordered the mother to be placed in a forensic-therapeutic center.

The indictment accuses the parents of the most cruel mental and physical abuse of their son over several months. Almost indescribable details became known: According to the indictment authority, the accused allegedly "isolated and locked away the boy from the rest of family life, completely dehumanized, humiliated, and terrified him." "They beat him with a wooden spoon, tied his hands and feet with cable ties, and partially blindfolded him. They also tied him to the fittings of the sink in the toilet and locked him up in complete darkness for hours," the public prosecutor's office stated, among other things. They allegedly intended to bring about the son's death as painfully as possible. The parents are said to have discussed the acts in chats and documented them with photos and videos. According to the indictment, the accused encouraged each other that the boy "should be destroyed." To prevent the parents of the accused father - the boy's grandparents - from becoming suspicious, he continued to visit them with the remaining three siblings. When asked about the whereabouts of the grandson, excuses were made to the grandparents.

Boy Weighed Only Seven Kilograms

The boy was found dead in his bed on May 19, 2024, after which the father notified the police. He died as a result of his severe malnutrition with fluid deficiency. Before his death, the three-year-old weighed only seven kilograms at a height of 94 centimeters. This was not even half of the expected weight for a boy of that age, it was said.

After the parents had been in a hospital due to a mental exceptional state, they were arrested. They were placed in pre-trial detention. The siblings - all girls - aged one, three, and six, showed no signs of deficiency. The family had not previously been conspicuous to authorities. According to the public prosecutor's office, the family lived in financially strained circumstances, very reclusive, and had little contact with the parents of the accused father. Due to the difficult living situation, they had fled into a "constructed, mystical pseudo- or fantasy world," according to which a demon residing in the little boy's body was responsible for their plight and would control the family's fate. The boy's sisters were now placed with foster families.

(APA/Red)

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